Evidence for a possible zoonotic role of group C rotaviruses (GCRVs) has been recently provided. To gain information on the genetic relationships between human and animal GCRVs, we sequenced the VP7 gene of 10 porcine strains detected during a large surveillance study from different outbreaks of gastroenteritis in piglets. Four GCRV strains were genetically related to the prototype GCRV porcine Cowden strain. A completely new VP7 genotype included 4 strains (344/04-7-like) that shared 92.5% to 97.0% aa identity to each other, but <83% to human GCRVs and <79% to other porcine and bovine GCRVs. A unique 4-aa insertion (SSSV or SSTI), within a variable region at the carboxy-terminus of VP7, represented a distinctive feature for these 4 unique strains. An additional strain, 134/04-18, was clearly different from all human and animal GCRVs (<85% aa identity) and likely accounts for a distinct VP7 genotype. The VP7 of a unique strain, 42/05-21, shared similar ranges of aa sequence identities with porcine and human strains (88.0-90.7% to porcine GCRVs and 85.2-88.2% to human GCRVs). Plotting the VP7 gene of strain 42/05-21 against the VP7 of human and porcine strains revealed discontinuous evolution rates throughout the VP7 molecule, suggesting different mutational pressure or a remote intragenic recombination event. These findings provide the need for future epidemiological surveys and warrant studies to investigate the pathogenic potential of these novel GCRVs in pigs.
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PUBLICATION TYPE: Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov
Journal: Virology
VOLUME: 367
Page Numbers: 358-66
Journal Abbreviation: Virology
ISSN: 0042-6822
DAY: 5
MONTH: 07
YEAR: 2007
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AFFILIATION: Department of Animal Health and Wellbeing, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of Bari, Valenzano, Bari, Italy. v.martella@veterinaria.uniba.it
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