group a rotaviruses in chinese bats: genetic composition, serology, and evidence for bat-to-human transmission and reassortment. | bats are natural reservoirs for many pathogenic viruses, and increasing evidence supports the notion that bats can also harbor group a rotaviruses (rvas), important causative agents of diarrhea in children and young animals. currently, 8 rva strains possessing completely novel genotype constellations or genotypes possibly originating from other mammals have been identified from african and chinese bats. however, all the data were mainly based on detection of rva rna, present only during acute in ... | 2017 | 28381569 |