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Rotaviruses: diversity and zoonotic potential--a brief review.
Berliner und Munchener tierarztliche Wochenschrift - 1 Jan 2000
Müller Hermann, Johne Reimar
Abstract excerpt
Rotaviruses, a genus within the family Reoviridae, are among the most important etiological agents of severe diarrhoeal illness in humans and animals worldwide. Their genome, consisting of 11 segments of double-stranded RNA, is characterized by genetic variability including (i) point mutations, (ii) genomic reassortment, and (iii) genome rearrangements, thus leading to the considerable diversity of rotaviruses....
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