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Phylogenetic analysis of VP1, VP2, and VP3 gene segments of genotype G5 group A rotavirus strains circulating in Brazil between 1986 and 2005.
Virus research - 1 Sept 2011
da Silva Marcelle Figueira Marques, Tort Luis Fernando López, Gómez Mariela Martínez, Assis Rosane M Santos, de Mendonça Marcos César Lima, Volotão Eduardo de Mello, Leite José Paulo G
Abstract excerpt
Genotype G5 group A rotavirus (RV-A), which is common in pigs and also detected in horses and cattle, circulated as endemic genotype in the 1980s and early 1990s in Brazil. After 1996, G5 RV-A has been replaced by G9 RV-A, becoming only sporadically detected. Recently, G5 has been reported in children with severe diarrhea in Argentina, Cameroon, Paraguay, People's Republic of China, and Vietnam, suggesting that,...
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