Emergence of novel human group A rotavirus G12 strains in India.
Three rare human G12 strains were detected from diarrheic clinical samples of children (<8 months of age) in Calcutta during a routine surveillance study of rotaviral diarrhea in India. The VP7 genes of G12 strains and their products showed maximum homology (97 to 99% at the nucleotide level and 98% at the amino acid level, respectively) with those of two recently reported G12 strains (from the United States and Thailand) but lesser homology with those of prototype G12 strain L26.
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Division of Virology, National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Calcutta 700010, India.
Varghese
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Chaudhury
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Barman
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Mahapatra
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Kojima
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Bhattacharya
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Krishnan
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Ratho
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Chhotray
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Phukan
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Kobayashi
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Naik
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D000956:Antigens, Viral; D036022:Capsid Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology*; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012401:Rotavirus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics; D012400:Rotavirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
D000956:Antigens, Viral; D036022:Capsid Proteins; C050779:VP7 protein, Rotavirus