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Molecular characterization of G11P[25] and G3P[3] human rotavirus strains associated with asymptomatic infection in South India.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Nov 2007
Banerjee Indrani, Iturriza-Gomara Miren, Rajendran Priya, Primrose Beryl, Ramani Sasirekha, Gray James J, Brown David W, Kang Gagandeep
Abstract excerpt
Rotaviruses are the major etiological agents of diarrhea in children less than 5 years of age. Two unusual rotavirus strains not previously reported in India, G11P[25] (CRI 10795) and G3P[3] (CRI 33594) were isolated from faecal samples of asymptomatic children in India. The strains were characterized by sequence analysis of the genes encoding the VP7, VP4, VP6, and NSP4. The G11P[25] strain was closely related...
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