title: Emergence of novel human group A rotavirus G12 strains in India.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Virology, National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Calcutta 700010, India.
authors.forename: Soma
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Das
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Varghese
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chaudhury
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Barman
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mahapatra
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kojima
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Bhattacharya
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Krishnan
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Ratho
authors.forename: G P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Chhotray
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Phukan
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: T N
authors.initials: TN
authors.lastname: Naik
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000956:Antigens, Viral; D036022:Capsid Proteins; C050779:VP7 protein, Rotavirus