Complete genomic sequence for an avian group G rotavirus from South Africa

Karla M Stucker; Timothy B Stockwell; Martin M Nyaga; Rebecca A Halpin; Nadia Fedorova; Asmik Akopov; Harry Ngoveni; Ina Peenze; Mapaseka L Seheri; M Jeffrey Mphahlele; David E Wentworth

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00107-15

Complete genomic sequence for an avian group G rotavirus from South Africa

Genome Announc. 2015 Mar 12;3(2):e00107-15. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00107-15.

Affiliations

¹ J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, USA.
² South African Medical Research Council, Diarrhoeal Pathogens Research Unit (MRC-DPRU), Faculty of Health Sciences, Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, MEDUNSA, Pretoria, South Africa.
³ J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, USA dwentworth@cdc.gov.

Abstract

We report the first complete sequence for an avian group G rotavirus (RVG) genome from Africa, which is the third publically available RVG genome. These RVG genomes are highly diverse, especially in their VP4, VP7, NSP4, and NSP3 segments, indicating that RVG diversity is comparable to that of rotavirus A.

Grants and funding

HHSN272200900007C/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States