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Volume 25, Number 12—December 2019
Dispatch

Distantly Related Rotaviruses in Common Shrews, Germany, 2004–2014

Reimar JohneComments to Author , Simon H. Tausch, Josephine Grützke, Alexander Falkenhagen, Corinna Patzina-Mehling, Martin Beer, Dirk Höper, and Rainer G. Ulrich
Author affiliations: German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Berlin, Germany (R. Johne, S.H. Tausch, J. Grützke, A. Falkenhagen, C. Patzina-Mehling); Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany (M. Beer, D. Höper, R.G. Ulrich); Deutsches Zentrum für Infektionsforschung, partner site Hamburg-Lübeck-Borstel-Insel Riems, Germany (R.G. Ulrich)

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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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