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Group A rotavirus in Brazilian bats: description of novel T15 and H15 genotypes

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This study aimed to survey for group A rotaviruses (RVA) in bats from Brazil and to perform phylogenetic inferences for VP4, VP7, NSP3, NSP4 and NSP5 genes. RVA was found in 9.18 % (28/305) of tested samples. The partial genotype constellation of a Molossus molossus RVA strain was G3-P[3]-Ix-Rx-Cx-Mx-Ax-Nx-T3-E3-H6, and that of a Glossophaga soricina RVA strain was G20-P[x]-Ix-Rx-Cx-Mx-Ax-Nx-T15-Ex-H15. These findings demonstrate an important role of bats in RVA epidemiology and provide evidence of participation of bat RVA strains in interspecies transmission and reassortment events.

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    Karen Miyuki Asano, Karin Corrêa Scheffer, Willian Oliveira Fahl, Keila Iamamoto & Enio Mori

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    Karen Miyuki Asano, Fabio Gregori, Aline Santana Hora, Fernanda Dornelas Florentino Silva, Sueli Akemi Taniwaki & Paulo Eduardo Brandão

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Asano, K.M., Gregori, F., Hora, A.S. et al. Group A rotavirus in Brazilian bats: description of novel T15 and H15 genotypes. Arch Virol 161, 3225–3230 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00705-016-3010-9

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