Uniformity of rotavirus strain nomenclature proposed by the Rotavirus Classification Working Group (RCWG)
- J. Matthijnssens, M. Ciarlet, M. Van Ranst
- BiologyArchives of Virology
- 20 May 2011
With increasing numbers of complete RV genome sequences becoming available, a standardized RV strain nomenclature system is needed, and the RCWG proposes that individual RV strains are named as follows: RV group/species of origin/country of identification/common name/year of identification /G- and P-type.
Zoonotic aspects of rotaviruses.
- V. Martella, K. Bányai, J. Matthijnssens, C. Buonavoglia, M. Ciarlet
- BiologyVeterinary Microbiology
- 27 January 2010
Recommendations for the classification of group A rotaviruses using all 11 genomic RNA segments
- J. Matthijnssens, M. Ciarlet, M. Van Ranst
- BiologyArchives of Virology
- 5 July 2008
A Rotavirus Classification Working Group (RCWG) including specialists in molecular virology, infectious diseases, epidemiology, and public health was formed, which can assist in the appropriate delineation of new genotypes, thus avoiding duplications and helping minimize errors.
Serotype diversity and reassortment between human and animal rotavirus strains: implications for rotavirus vaccine programs.
- J. Gentsch, A. R. Laird, R. Glass
- BiologyJournal of Infectious Diseases
- 1 September 2005
Strain surveillance helps to determine whether the most prevalent local strains are likely to be covered by the serotype antigens found in current vaccines, and identified globally (G9) or regionally (G5, G8, and P2A[6]) common serotypes not cover by the reassortant vaccines that have undergone efficacy trials.
Taxonomy of the order Mononegavirales: update 2016
- C. Afonso, G. Amarasinghe, J. Kuhn
- BiologyArchives of Virology
- 23 May 2016
The updated taxonomy of the order Mononegavirales is presented as now accepted by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV).
Rotavirus disease and vaccination: impact on genotype diversity.
- J. Matthijnssens, J. Bilcke, M. Van Ranst
- BiologyFuture Microbiology
- 8 December 2009
It appears that the total number of hospitalizations due to rotavirus infections is being reduced, at least in developed countries that implemented a universal immunization program, however, continued surveillance is warranted, especially regarding the long-term effects of the vaccines.
Candidate New Rotavirus Species in Sheltered Dogs, Hungary
- E. Mihalov-Kovács, Ákos Gellért, K. Bányai
- Biology, EngineeringEmerging Infectious Diseases
- 1 April 2015
The novel rotavirus species displayed limited genome sequence homology to representatives of the 8 rotav virus species, A–H, and qualifies as a candidate new rotvirus species that is tentatively named Rotavirus I.
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