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Molecular characterizations of human and animal group a rotaviruses in the Netherlands.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Feb 2005
van der Heide R, Koopmans M P G, Shekary N, Houwers D J, van Duynhoven Y T H P, van der Poel W H M
Abstract excerpt
To gain more insight into interspecies transmission of rotavirus group A, human and animal fecal samples were collected between 1997 and 2001 in The Netherlands. A total of 110 human stool samples were successfully P and G genotyped by reverse transcriptase PCR. All strains belonged to the main human rotavirus genotypes G1 to G4, G9, [P4], [P6], [P8], and [P9]. [P8]G1 was predominant, and 5.5% belonged to the G9...
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