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ArticlePloS one2014

Identification of novel Ghanaian G8P[6] human-bovine reassortant rotavirus strain by next generation sequencing.

Francis E Dennis, Yoshiki Fujii, Kei Haga, Susan Damanka, Belinda Lartey, Chantal A Agbemabiese, Nobuo Ohta, George E Armah, Kazuhiko Katayama

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Article in PloS one, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Francis E DennisDepartment of Environmental Parasitology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan; Laboratory of Gastroenteritis Viruses, Department of Virology II, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Musashi-murayama, Tokyo, Japan; Department of Electron Microscopy and Histopathology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana.
Yoshiki FujiiLaboratory of Gastroenteritis Viruses, Department of Virology II, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Musashi-murayama, Tokyo, Japan.
Kei HagaLaboratory of Gastroenteritis Viruses, Department of Virology II, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Musashi-murayama, Tokyo, Japan.
Susan DamankaDepartment of Electron Microscopy and Histopathology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana.
Belinda LarteyDepartment of Electron Microscopy and Histopathology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana.
Chantal A AgbemabieseDepartment of Electron Microscopy and Histopathology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana.
Nobuo OhtaDepartment of Environmental Parasitology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan.
George E ArmahDepartment of Electron Microscopy and Histopathology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana.
Kazuhiko KatayamaLaboratory of Gastroenteritis Viruses, Department of Virology II, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Musashi-murayama, Tokyo, Japan.
National Institute of Infectious Diseases · JPNoguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research · GHTokyo Medical and Dental University · JPUniversity of Ghana · GH

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Group A rotaviruses (RVAs) are the most important etiological agent of acute gastroenteritis in children <5 years of age worldwide. The monovalent rotavirus vaccine Rotarix was introduced into the national Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) in Ghana in May 2012. However, there is a paucity of genetic and phylogenetic data on the complete genomes of human RVAs in circulation pre-vaccine introduction. The common bovine rotavirus VP7 genotype G8 has been sporadically detected in Ghanaian children, usually in combination with the VP4 genotype P[6]. To investigate the genomic constellations and phylogeny of RVA strains in circulation prior to vaccine introduction, the full genomes of two unusual G8P[6] strains, GH018-08 and GH019-08, detected during burden of disease surveillance, were characterized by Illumina MiSeq sequencing. The Ghanaian isolates, GH018-08 and GH019-08, exhibited the unusual, previously unreported genotype constellation G8-P[6]-I2-R2-C2-M2-A2-N2-T2-E2-H3. Phylogenetic analyses confirmed that 10 out of the 11 genes of GH018-08 and GH019-08 were identical/nearly identical, with significant variation detected only in their VP1 genes, and clearly established the occurrence of multiple independent interspecies transmission and reassortment events between co-circulating bovine/ovine/caprine rotaviruses and human DS-1-like RVA strains. These findings highlight the contribution of reassortment and interspecies transmission events to the high rotavirus diversity in this region of Africa, and justify the need for simultaneous monitoring of animal and human rotavirus strains.

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AnimalsBase SequenceCapsid ProteinsCattleChildGene LibraryGenotypeGhanaHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingHumansMolecular Sequence DataPhylogenyReassortant VirusesRNA, ViralRotavirusRotavirus InfectionsCapsid ProteinsRNA, ViralViral Nonstructural Proteins

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PMID24971993
PMCPMC4074113
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