

@article {929,
	title = {Identification of an avian group A rotavirus containing a novel {VP4} gene with a close relationship to those of mammalian rotaviruses.},
	journal = {The Journal of general virology},
	year = {2012},
	publisher = {highwire},
	abstract = {Group A rotaviruses {(RVAs)} are an important cause of diarrhoeal illness in humans, as well as in mammalian and avian animal species. Previous sequence analyses indicated that avian {RVAs} are related only distantly to mammalian {RVAs.} Here, the complete genomes of {RVA} strain {03V0002E10} from turkey {(Meleagris} gallopavo) and {RVA} strain {10V0112H5} from pheasant {(Phasianus} colchicus) were analysed using a combination of 454 deep sequencing and Sanger sequencing technologies. An adenine-rich insertion similar to that found in the chicken {RVA} strain {02V0002G3,} but considerably shorter, was found in the 3{\textquoteright} {NCR} of the {NSP1} gene of the pheasant strain. Most genome segments of both strains were related closely to those of avian {RVAs.} The novel genotype N10 was assigned to the {NSP2} gene of the pheasant {RVA,} which is related most closely to genotype N6 found in avian {RVAs.} However, this virus contains a {VP4} gene of the novel genotype P[37], which is related most closely to {RVAs} from pigs, dogs and humans. This strain either may represent an avian/mammalian rotavirus reassortant, or it carries an unusual avian rotavirus {VP4} gene, thereby broadening the potential genetic and antigenic variability among {RVAs.}},
	doi = {10.1099/vir.0.047381-0},
	url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/vir.0.047381-0},
	author = {Eva Trojnar and Jana Sachsenr\"oder and Sven Twardziok and Jochen Reetz and Peter H Otto and Reimar Johne}
}
