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First report of human rotavirus G8P[4] gastroenteritis in India: evidence of ruminants-to-human zoonotic transmission.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Mar 2013
Mukherjee Anupam, Mullick Satarupa, Deb Alok Kumar, Panda Samiran, Chawla-Sarkar Mamta
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Group A rotaviruses are the major cause of childhood gastroenteritis worldwide. Due to close proximity of human and cattle in rural areas of developing countries like India, interspecies transmission or zoonotic transmission is a major source of rapid generation of reassortants and genetic or antigenic variants. Previously, many human group A rotaviruses were found with porcine or bovine characteristics from...
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