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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

  • Authors: Peter J Walker, Stuart G Siddell, Elliot J Lefkowitz, Arcady R Mushegian, Evelien M Adriaenssens, Poliane Alfenas-Zerbini, Andrew J Davison, Donald M Dempsey, Bas E Dutilh, María Laura García, Balázs Harrach, Robert L Harrison, R Curtis Hendrickson, Sandra Junglen, Nick J Knowles, Mart Krupovic, Jens H Kuhn, Amy J Lambert, Małgorzata Łobocka, Max L Nibert, Hanna M Oksanen, Richard J Orton, David L Robertson, Luisa Rubino, Sead Sabanadzovic, Peter Simmonds, Donald B Smith, Nobuhiro Suzuki, Koenraad Van Dooerslaer, Anne-Mieke Vandamme, Arvind Varsani, Francisco Murilo Zerbini
  • Publication Year: 2021
  • Journal: Archives of Virology, 166(9), pp 2633–2648
  • Link: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00705-021-05156-1

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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