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Identification of novel Ghanaian G8P[6] human-bovine reassortant rotavirus strain by next generation sequencing.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Dennis Francis E, Fujii Yoshiki, Haga Kei, Damanka Susan, Lartey Belinda, Agbemabiese Chantal A, Ohta Nobuo, Armah George E, Katayama Kazuhiko
Abstract excerpt
Group A rotaviruses (RVAs) are the most important etiological agent of acute gastroenteritis in children <5 years of age worldwide. The monovalent rotavirus vaccine Rotarix was introduced into the national Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) in Ghana in May 2012. However, there is a paucity of genetic and phylogenetic data on the complete genomes of human RVAs in circulation pre-vaccine introduction. The...
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