Detection of uncommon G3P[3] rotavirus A (RVA) strain in rat possessing a human RVA-like VP6 and a novel NSP2 genotype

Rotavirus is one of the leading causes of acute gastroenteritis in infants and young children. RVAs infect not only humans but also a wide range of mammals including rats, which represent a reservoir of several other zoonotic pathogens. Due to the segmented nature of the RVA genome, animal RVA strai...

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Published in:Infection, Genetics and Evolution
Main Authors: Ianiro, Giovanni, Di Bartolo, Ilaria, De Sabato, Luca, Pampiglione, Guglielmo, Ruggeri, Franco M, OSTANELLO, FABIO
Other Authors: Ostanello, Fabio
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2017
Subjects:
G3P[3]
Group A rotaviru
Italy
NSP2
Rat
Reassortment
Rattus rattus
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11585/602019
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.meegid.2017.06.008
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Summary:Rotavirus is one of the leading causes of acute gastroenteritis in infants and young children. RVAs infect not only humans but also a wide range of mammals including rats, which represent a reservoir of several other zoonotic pathogens. Due to the segmented nature of the RVA genome, animal RVA strains can easily adapt to the human host by reassortment with co-infecting human viruses. This study aims to detect and characterize RVA in the intestinal content of Italian sinantropic rats (Rattus rattus). Out of 40 samples examined following molecular approach, one resulted positive for RVA. The molecular characterization of VP1-4, 6 and 7, and NSP1-5 genes by sequencing revealed the genomic constellation G3-P[3]-I1-R11-C11-M10-A22-N18-T14-E18-H13. This uncommon genomic combination includes: the VP1-4,VP7, the NSP1, 3, 4 and 5 gene segments, closely related to those of RVA from rodents, the N18 novel genotype established for the NSP2 gene segment and the human Wa-like VP6 gene, suggesting interspecies reassortment.

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