Summary
Two human rotavirus strains, PCP 5 and MZ 58, which possessed an unusual combination of subgroup (I), serotype (3) and RNA pattern (long) were examined by RNA-RNA hybridization to determine their genogroup. While these two strains did not belong to either the Wa or the DS-1 genogroup, PCP 5 and MZ 58 possessed seven gene segments that formed hybrids with bovine rotavirus strain NCDV and four gene segments that formed hybrids with human rotavirus strain AU-1. These results suggest that PCP 5 and MZ 58 were intergenogroup reassortants formed in nature between a member of the bovine rotavirus genogroup and a member of the AU-1 genogroup.
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Nakagomi, O., Kaga, E., Gerna, G. et al. Subgroup I serotype 3 human rotavirus strains with long RNA pattern as a result of naturally occurring reassortment between members of the bovine and AU-1 genogroups. Archives of Virology 126, 337–342 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01309707
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