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Rotavirus genotyping: keeping up with an evolving population of human rotaviruses.
Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology - 1 Dec 2004
Iturriza-Gómara Miren, Kang Gagandeep, Gray Jim
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The use of molecular methods for rotavirus characterisation provides not only increased sensitivity for typing, but also allows accurate and more complete characterisation of strains, and the identification of putative reassortant strains. However, due to the constant accumulation of point mutations through genetic drift, and to the emergence of novel genotypes, possibly zoonotic transmission and subsequent...
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