Genomic characterization of a novel group A lamb rotavirus isolated in Zaragoza, Spain

Virus Genes. 2008 Oct;37(2):250-65. doi: 10.1007/s11262-008-0257-6. Epub 2008 Jul 26.

Abstract

An ovine rotavirus (OVR) strain, 762, was isolated from a 30-day-old lamb affected with severe gastroenteritis, in Zaragoza, Spain, and the VP4, VP7, VP6, NSP4, and NSP5/NSP6 genes were subsequently characterized molecularly. Strain OVR762 was classified as a P[14] rotavirus, as the VP4 and VP8* trypsin-cleavage product of the VP4 protein revealed the highest amino acid (aa) identity (94% and 97%, respectively) with that of the P11[14] human rotavirus (HRV) strain PA169, isolated in Italy. Analysis of the VP7 gene product revealed that OVR762 possessed G8 serotype specificity, a type common in ruminants, with the highest degree of aa identity (95-98%) shared with serotype G8 HRV, bovine rotavirus, and guanaco (Lama guanicoe) rotavirus strains. Moreover, strain OVR762 displayed a bovine-like NSP4 (genotype E2) and NSP5/NSP6 (genotype H3), and a VP6 genotype I2, as well as a long electropherotype pattern. This is the first report of a lamb rotavirus with P[14] and G8 specificities, providing additional evidence for the wide genetic and antigenic diversity of group A rotaviruses.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Animals
  • Cell Line
  • Chlorocebus aethiops
  • Genetic Variation
  • Genome, Viral*
  • Genotype
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Phylogeny
  • Rotavirus / classification
  • Rotavirus / genetics*
  • Rotavirus / isolation & purification*
  • Rotavirus Infections / veterinary*
  • Rotavirus Infections / virology
  • Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
  • Sheep
  • Sheep Diseases / virology*
  • Spain
  • Viral Nonstructural Proteins / genetics
  • Viral Structural Proteins / genetics

Substances

  • Viral Nonstructural Proteins
  • Viral Structural Proteins

Associated data

  • GENBANK/EF554151
  • GENBANK/EF554152
  • GENBANK/EF554153
  • GENBANK/EF554157
  • GENBANK/EF554158