Volume 23, Number 9—September 2017
Dispatch
Group A Rotavirus Associated with Encephalitis in Red Fox
Chiara Busi, Vito Martella, Alice Papetti, Cristiano Sabelli, Davide Lelli, G. Loris Alborali, Lucia Gibelli, Daniela Gelmetti, Antonio Lavazza, Paolo Cordioli1, and M. Beatrice Boniotti
Table 1
Comparison of genome segment sizes and sequence similarities among group A rotaviruses isolated from fox and pigeon*
| Segment number/encoded protein | Nucleotide/amino acid length (genotype) |
% Nucleotide sequence identity | % Amino acid sequence identity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fox-288356† | PO-13‡ | |||
| 1/VP1 | 3,305/1,089 (R4) | 3,302/1,088 (R4) | 93 | 98 |
| 2/VP2 | 2,738/897 (C4) | 2,738/897 (C4) | 91 | 97 |
| 3/VP3 | 2,583/829 (M4) | 2,583/829 (M4) | 91 | 94 |
| 4/VP4 | 2,349/770 (P[17]) | 2,349/770 (P[17]) | 92) | 95 |
| 5/NSP1 | 1,871/576 (A4) | 1,870/576 (A4) | 86 | 91 |
| 6/VP6 | 1,348/397 (I4) | 1,348/397 (I4) | 94 | 98 |
| 7/NSP3 | 1,092/306 (T4) | 1,092/306 (T4) | 89 | 95 |
| 8/NSP2 | 1,043/315 (A4) | 1,042/315 (N4) | 93 | 95 |
| 9/VP7 | 1,065/329 (G18) | 1,065/329 (G18) | 86 | 88 |
| 10/NSP4 | 726/169 (E19) | 727/169 (E4) | 77 | 83 |
| 11/NSP5 | 729/218 (H4) | 729/218 (H4) | 93 | 90 |
*NSP, nonstructural protein; VP, viral protein.
†Rotavirus isolated from a red fox.
‡Rotavirus isolated from a pigeon.
1Deceased.
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