Complete genotyping of unusual species A rotavirus G12P[11] and G10P[14] isolates and evidence of frequent in vivo reassortment among the rotaviruses detected in children with diarrhea in Kolkata, India, during 2014.

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Species A rotaviruses (RVA) are the most important cause of acute gastroenteritis in the young of humans and many animal species globally. G1P[8], G2P[4], G3P[8], G4P[8], G9P[6/8] and G12P[6/8] are the predominantly isolated genotypes throughout the world including India. Unusual genotypes from different host species such as G5, G6, G8, G10 and G11 have also been reported in humans with low frequency. In the...

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• Diarrhea
• Feces
• Genome, Viral
• India
• Reassortant Viruses