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Molecular characterization of group A rotavirus from rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) at human-wildlife interfaces in Bangladesh.
Transboundary and emerging diseases - 1 Mar 2020
Islam Ariful, Hossain Mohammad Enayet, Haider Najmul, Rostal Melinda K, Mukharjee Sanjoy Kumar, Ferdous Jinnat, Miah Mojnu, Rahman Mustafizur, Daszak Peter, Rahman Mohammed Ziaur, Epstein Jonathan H
Abstract excerpt
Group A rotavirus (RVA) is an important cause of diarrhoea in people, especially children, and animals globally. Due to the segmented nature of the RVA genome, animal RVA strains have the potential to adapt to the human host through reassortment with other co-infecting human viruses. Macaques share food and habitat with people, resulting in close interaction between these two species. This study aimed to detect...
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