| characterization of a novel g3p[3] rotavirus isolated from a lesser horseshoe bat: a distant relative of feline/canine rotaviruses. | bats are considered important animal reservoirs for many viruses pathogenic to humans. an approach based on viral metagenomics was used to study gut specimens from 78 insectivorous bats in yunnan province, china. seventy-four reads were found to be related to group a rotavirus (rva). further reverse transcription-pcr screening and viral isolation on cell cultures confirmed the presence of a novel rva strain, named rva/bat-tc/mslh14/2012/g3p[3], in 1 (6%) of 16 lesser horseshoe bats. full genomic ... | 2013 | 24027312 |