Article
Genomic characterization of an African G4P[6] human rotavirus strain identified in a diarrheic child in Kenya: Evidence for porcine-to-human interspecies transmission and reassortment.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Dec 2021
Wandera Ernest Apondi, Hatazawa Riona, Tsutsui Naohisa, Kurokawa Natsuki, Kathiiko Cyrus, Mumo Maurine, Waithira Eunice, Wachira Mary, Mwaura Boniface, Nyangao James, Khamadi Samoel Ashimosi, Njau Joseph, Fukuda Saori, Murata Takayuki, Taniguchi Koki, Ichinose Yoshio, Kaneko Satoshi, Komoto Satoshi
Abstract excerpt
Human rotavirus strains having the unconventional G4P[6] genotype have been sporadically identified in diarrheic patients in different parts of the world. However, the whole genome of only one human G4P[6] strain from Africa (central Africa) has been sequenced and analyzed, and thus the exact origin and evolutionary pattern of African G4P[6] strains remain to be elucidated. In this study, we characterized the...
Topics
- Animals
- Child, Preschool
- Diarrhea
- Female
- Genome, Viral
- Genotype
- Humans
- Infant
- Male