Volume 25, Number 12—December 2019
Dispatch
Distantly Related Rotaviruses in Common Shrews, Germany, 2004–2014
Reimar Johne
, Simon H. Tausch, Josephine Grützke, Alexander Falkenhagen, Corinna Patzina-Mehling, Martin Beer, Dirk Höper, and Rainer G. Ulrich
, Simon H. Tausch, Josephine Grützke, Alexander Falkenhagen, Corinna Patzina-Mehling, Martin Beer, Dirk Höper, and Rainer G. Ulrich
Table 1
Rotavirus infections detected in common shrews (Sorex araneus) sampled in Germany, 2004–2014*
| Virus species | Monoinfections | Co-infections with |
Total infections | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RVA | RVC | RVH | RVA and RVC | RVC and RVH | RVA and RVH | |||
| RVA | 7/46 (15.2) | NA | 0/46 | 1/46 (2.2) | NA | 2/46 (4.3) | NA | 10/46 (21.7) |
| RVC-like | 3/46 (6.5) | 0/46 | NA | 0/46 | NA | NA | 2/46 (4.3) | 5/46 (10.9) |
| RVH-like | 4/46 (4.3) | 1/46 (2.2) | 0/46 | NA | 2/46 (4.3) | NA | NA | 7/46 (15.2) |
*Samples from shrews were examined by reverse transcription PCRs specific for RVA, RVC-like, and RVH-like species. Values are no. positive/total (%). NA, not applicable; RVA, rotavirus A; RVC, rotavirus C; RVH, rotavirus H.
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