title: Genomic characterization of a novel group A lamb rotavirus isolated in Zaragoza, Spain.
abstract: An ovine rotavirus (OVR) strain, 762, was isolated from a 30-day-old lamb affected with severe gastroenteritis, in Zaragoza, Spain, and the VP4, VP7, VP6, NSP4, and NSP5/NSP6 genes were subsequently characterized molecularly. Strain OVR762 was classified as a P[14] rotavirus, as the VP4 and VP8* trypsin-cleavage product of the VP4 protein revealed the highest amino acid (aa) identity (94% and 97%, respectively) with that of the P11[14] human rotavirus (HRV) strain PA169, isolated in Italy. Analysis of the VP7 gene product revealed that OVR762 possessed G8 serotype specificity, a type common in ruminants, with the highest degree of aa identity (95-98%) shared with serotype G8 HRV, bovine rotavirus, and guanaco (Lama guanicoe) rotavirus strains. Moreover, strain OVR762 displayed a bovine-like NSP4 (genotype E2) and NSP5/NSP6 (genotype H3), and a VP6 genotype I2, as well as a long electropherotype pattern. This is the first report of a lamb rotavirus with P[14] and G8 specificities, providing additional evidence for the wide genetic and antigenic diversity of group A rotaviruses.
authors.affiliation: Vaccine & Biologics-Clinical Research, Merck Research Laboratories, Mailstop UG3CD-28, P.O. Box 1000, North Wales, PA 19454-1099, USA. max_ciarlet@merck.com
authors.forename: Max
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ciarlet
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hoffmann
authors.forename: Eleonora
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lorusso
authors.forename: Rafael
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Baselga
authors.forename: Maria Assunta
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Cafiero
authors.forename: Krisztián
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bányai
authors.forename: Jelle
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Matthijnssens
authors.forename: Viviana
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Parreño
authors.forename: Simona
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: de Grazia
authors.forename: Canio
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Buonavoglia
authors.forename: Vito
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Martella
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D002522:Chlorocebus aethiops; D014644:Genetic Variation; D016679:Genome, Viral; D005838:Genotype; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012401:Rotavirus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012400:Rotavirus Infections / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D012756:Sheep; D012757:Sheep Diseases / Q000821:virology*; D013030:Spain; D017361:Viral Nonstructural Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D015678:Viral Structural Proteins / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D017361:Viral Nonstructural Proteins; D015678:Viral Structural Proteins