Novel human rotavirus genotype G5P[7] from child with diarrhea, Cameroon.
We report characterization of a genotype G5P[7] human rotavirus (HRV) from a child in Cameroon who had diarrhea. Sequencing of all 11 gene segments showed similarities to > or =5 genes each from porcine and human rotaviruses. This G5P[7] strain exemplifies the importance of heterologous animal rotaviruses in generating HRV genetic diversity through reassortment.
Esona
Mathew D
MD
Gastroenteritis and Respiratory Viruses Laboratory Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA. mdi4@cdc.gov
Geyer
Annelise
A
Banyai
Krisztian
K
Page
Nicola
N
Aminu
Maryam
M
Armah
George E
GE
Hull
Jennifer
J
Steele
Duncan A
DA
Glass
Roger I
RI
Gentsch
Jon R
JR
D000818:Animals; D002163:Cameroon / Q000453:epidemiology; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology*; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D016865:Reassortant Viruses / Q000235:genetics; D012401:Rotavirus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012400:Rotavirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013552:Swine / Q000821:virology; D017361:Viral Nonstructural Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D015678:Viral Structural Proteins / Q000235:genetics
D017361:Viral Nonstructural Proteins; D015678:Viral Structural Proteins