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Identification of an avian group A rotavirus containing a novel VP4 gene with a close relationship to those of mammalian rotaviruses No Access

Abstract

Group A rotaviruses (RVAs) are an important cause of diarrhoeal illness in humans, as well as in mammalian and avian animal species. Previous sequence analyses indicated that avian RVAs are related only distantly to mammalian RVAs. Here, the complete genomes of RVA strain 03V0002E10 from turkey () and RVA strain 10V0112H5 from pheasant () were analysed using a combination of 454 deep sequencing and Sanger sequencing technologies. An adenine-rich insertion similar to that found in the chicken RVA strain 02V0002G3, but considerably shorter, was found in the 3′ NCR of the NSP1 gene of the pheasant strain. Most genome segments of both strains were related closely to those of avian RVAs. The novel genotype N10 was assigned to the NSP2 gene of the pheasant RVA, which is related most closely to genotype N6 found in avian RVAs. However, this virus contains a VP4 gene of the novel genotype P[37], which is related most closely to RVAs from pigs, dogs and humans. This strain either may represent an avian/mammalian rotavirus reassortant, or it carries an unusual avian rotavirus VP4 gene, thereby broadening the potential genetic and antigenic variability among RVAs.

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2013-01-01
2025-04-21
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Identification of an avian group A rotavirus containing a novel VP4 gene with a close relationship to those of mammalian rotaviruses
J. Gen. Virol. 94, 136 (2013); https://doi.org/10.1099/vir.0.047381-0
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