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Generation of Simian Rotavirus Reassortants with VP4- and VP7-Encoding Genome Segments from Human Strains Circulating in Africa Using Reverse Genetics.
Viruses - 11 Feb 2020
Falkenhagen Alexander, Patzina-Mehling Corinna, Gadicherla Ashish K, Strydom Amy, O'Neill Hester G, Johne Reimar
Abstract excerpt
Human rotavirus A (RVA) causes acute gastroenteritis in infants and young children. The broad use of two vaccines, which are based on RVA strains from Europe and North America, significantly reduced rotavirus disease burden worldwide. However, a lower vaccine effectiveness is recorded in some regions of the world, such as sub-Saharan Africa, where diverse RVA strains are circulating. Here, a plasmid-based reverse...
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