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Identification of an avian group A rotavirus containing a novel VP4 gene with a close relationship to those of mammalian rotaviruses.
The Journal of general virology - 1 Jan 2013
Trojnar Eva, Sachsenröder Jana, Twardziok Sven, Reetz Jochen, Otto Peter H, Johne Reimar
Abstract excerpt
Group A rotaviruses (RVAs) are an important cause of diarrhoeal illness in humans, as well as in mammalian and avian animal species. Previous sequence analyses indicated that avian RVAs are related only distantly to mammalian RVAs. Here, the complete genomes of RVA strain 03V0002E10 from turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) and RVA strain 10V0112H5 from pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) were analysed using a combination of...
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