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Evolutionary history and global spread of the emerging g12 human rotaviruses.
Journal of virology - 1 Mar 2007
Rahman Mustafizur, Matthijnssens Jelle, Yang Xuelei, Delbeke Thomas, Arijs Ingrid, Taniguchi Koki, Iturriza-Gómara Miren, Iftekharuddin Nadia, Azim Tasnim, Van Ranst Marc
Abstract excerpt
G12 rotaviruses were first detected in diarrheic children in the Philippines in 1987, but no further cases were reported until 1998. However, G12 rotaviruses have been detected all over the world in recent years. Here, we report the worldwide variations of G12 rotaviruses to investigate the evolutionary mechanisms by which they managed to spread globally in a short period of time. We sequenced the complete...
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