| complete genomic sequence analyses of the first group a giraffe rotavirus reveals close evolutionary relationship with rotaviruses infecting other members of the artiodactyla. | group a rotaviruses (rva) have been established as significant contributory agents of acute gastroenteritis in young children and many animal species. in 2008, we described the first rva strain detected in a giraffe calf (rva/giraffe-wt/irl/girrv/2008/g10p[11]), presenting with acute diarrhoea. molecular characterisation of the vp7 and vp4 genes revealed the bovine-like genotypes g10 and p[11], respectively. to further investigate the origin of this giraffe rva strain, the 9 remaining gene segme ... | 2014 | 24582453 |