Changes to virus taxonomy and to the International Code of Virus Classification and Nomenclature ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses

ABSTRACT This article reports the changes to virus taxonomy approved and ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) in March 2021. The entire ICTV was invited to vote on 290 taxonomic proposals approved by the ICTV Executive Committee at its meeting in October 2020, as well as on the proposed revision of […]
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Rotavirus A strains obtained from children with acute gastroenteritis in Mozambique, 2012-2013: G and P genotypes and phylogenetic analysis of VP7 and partial VP4 genes

Authors: Acácio S, Cassocera M, Cuamba A, de Deus N, João ED, Mandomando I, Motanyane L, O'Neill HG, Page N, Strydom A
Publication Year: 2017
Journal: Archives of Virology
Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29052059

In Mozambique rotavirus (RV) was shown to be the greatest cause of acute diarrhoea in infants from 0 to 11 months, and in 2015, national rotavirus vaccination was introduced. As with other developing countries, there is very limited active strain characterisation. Rotavirus positive clinical specimens, collected between 2012 and 2013, have now provided information on the […]
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High rate of detection of G8P[6] rotavirus in children with acute gastroenteritis in São Tomé and Príncipe

Authors: Esteves A, Istrate C, Lima A, Lopes A, Neves E, Nordgren J, Piedade J, Sharma S, Veiga J, Videira e Castro S, Zaky A
Publication Year: 2015
Journal: Archives of Virology
Link: http://www.researchgate.net/publication/266625543_High_rate_of_detection_of_G8P6_rotavirus_in_children_with_acute_gastroenteritis_in_So_Tom_and_Principe

The burden of rotavirus infections greatly affects the low-income African countries. In the absence of epidemiological data on pediatric diarrhea in São Tomé and Príncipe (STP), a study was conducted from August to December 2011.
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Changes to virus taxonomy and to the International Code of Virus Classification and Nomenclature ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses

Rotavirus A strains obtained from children with acute gastroenteritis in Mozambique, 2012-2013: G and P genotypes and phylogenetic analysis of VP7 and partial VP4 genes

High rate of detection of G8P[6] rotavirus in children with acute gastroenteritis in São Tomé and Príncipe

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