Reassortant Group A Rotavirus from Straw-colored Fruit Bat (Eidolon helvum)

Reassortant Group A Rotavirus from Straw-colored Fruit Bat (Eidolon helvum)

Bats are known reservoirs of viral zoonoses. We report genetic characterization of a bat rotavirus (Bat/KE4852/07) detected in the feces of a straw-colored fruit bat (Eidolon helvum). Six bat rotavirus genes (viral protein [VP] 2, VP6, VP7, nonstructural protein [NSP] 2, NSP3, and NSP5) shared ances...

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Main Authors: Mathew D. Esona, Slavica Mijatovic-Rustempasic, Christina Conrardy, Suxiang Tong, Ivan V. Kuzmin, Bernard Agwanda, Robert F. Breiman, Krisztian Banyai, Michael Niezgoda, Charles E. Rupprecht, Jon R. Gentsch, Michael D. Bowen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2010-12-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Straw-colored fruit bat
Eidolon helvum
rotavirus
viruses
reassortment
heterologous genome segments
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/16/12/10-1089_article

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https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/16/12/10-1089_article

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