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Unusual rotavirus genotypes in humans and animals with acute diarrhoea in Northeast India.
Epidemiology and infection - 1 Oct 2016
Chakraborty P, Bhattacharjee M J, Sharma I, Pandey P, Barman N N
Abstract excerpt
Rotavirus (RV) infection causes acute infantile diarrhoea in humans and animals and remains a major concern for vaccine development. The close proximity of humans to animals may foster cross-species infection resulting in the emergence of novel/unusual strains by genetic reassortment. In this study, we characterized 500 diarrhoeal samples for group A rotaviruses (RVA) from children (n = 290), piglets (n = 95) and...
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