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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, August 2003, p. 3945-3950, Vol. 41, No. 8
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.8.3945-3950.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Close Relationship between G8-Serotype Bovine and Human Rotaviruses Isolated in Nigeria

Mohammed I. Adah,1,2 Shigeo Nagashima,1 Mitsutaka Wakuda,1 and Koki Taniguchi1*

Department of Virology and Parasitology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi 470-1192, Japan,1 Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri, Nigeria2

Received 2 December 2002/ Returned for modification 13 March 2003/ Accepted 26 May 2003

A bovine rotavirus, NGRBg8, isolated from the feces of a calf with diarrhea in Nigeria was characterized by reverse transcription-PCR, nucleotide sequence analysis, and Northern blot hybridization. The nucleotide sequence of the VP7 gene of the strain was most closely related to that of a Nigerian human G8-serotype strain, HMG035 (99.9%). The NSP1 gene of strain NGRBg8 is highly related (99.4%) to that of a Thai G8 bovine strain, A5-10. Northern blot hybridization revealed a high overall genomic relatedness of bovine strain NGRBg8 with human strain HMG035; all 11 RNA segments hybridized to each other. Thus, the results show the close relationship between G8 bovine and human rotaviruses in Nigeria.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Virology and Parasitology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi 470-1192, Japan. Phone: 81-562-93-2467. Fax: 81-562-93-4008. E-mail: kokitani{at}fujita-hu.ac.jp.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, August 2003, p. 3945-3950, Vol. 41, No. 8
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.8.3945-3950.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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