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SUBMITTER: Umair M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5927433 | biostudies-literature | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Umair Massab M Abbasi Bilal Haider BH Sharif Salmaan S Alam Muhammad Masroor MM Rana Muhammad Suleman MS Mujtaba Ghulam G Arshad Yasir Y Fatmi M Qaiser MQ Zaidi Sohail Zahoor SZ
PloS one 20180430 4
Rotavirus A species (RVA) is the leading cause of severe diarrhea among children in both developed and developing countries. Among different RVA G types, humans are most commonly infected with G1, G2, G3, G4 and G9. During 2003-2004, G3 rotavirus termed as "new variant G3" emerged in Japan that later disseminated to multiple countries across the world. Although G3 rotaviruses are now commonly detected globally, they have been rarely reported from Pakistan. We investigated the genetic diversity o ...[more]