RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Sasaki, Michihito A1 Orba, Yasuko A1 Sasaki, Satoko A1 Gonzalez, Gabriel A1 Ishii, Akihiro A1 Hang’ombe, Bernard M. A1 Mweene, Aaron S. A1 Ito, Kimihito A1 Sawa, HirofumiYR 2016 T1 Multi-reassortant G3P[3] group A rotavirus in a horseshoe bat in Zambia JF Journal of General Virology, VO 97 IS 10 SP 2488 OP 2493 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/jgv.0.000591 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1465-2099, AB Group A rotavirus is a major cause of diarrhoea in humans, especially in young children. Bats also harbour group A rotaviruses, but the genetic backgrounds of bat rotavirus strains are usually distinct from those of human rotavirus strains. We identified a new strain of group A rotavirus in the intestinal contents of a horseshoe bat in Zambia. Whole genome sequencing revealed that the identified virus, named RVA/Bat-wt/ZMB/LUS12-14/2012/G3P[3], possessed the genotype constellation G3-P[3]-I3-R2-C2-M3-A9-N2-T3-E2-H3. Several genome segments of LUS12-14 were highly similar to those of group A rotaviruses identified from humans, cows and antelopes, indicating interspecies transmission of rotaviruses between bats and other mammals with possible multiple genomic reassortment events., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jgv/10.1099/jgv.0.000591