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Full genomic analysis of a human group A rotavirus G9P[6] strain from Eastern India provides evidence for porcine-to-human interspecies transmission

Arch Virol. 2009;154(5):733-46. doi: 10.1007/s00705-009-0363-3. Epub 2009 Mar 31.

Abstract

Deduced amino acid sequence and phylogenetic analyses of a group A rotavirus G9P[6] strain (designated as mcs/13-07), detected from a 3-year-old child in Eastern India, revealed a VP8* closely related to porcine P[6] strains (P[6] sublineage 1D), and the VP7 clustered with G9 lineage-III strains. To our knowledge, this is the first report of human P[6] strain clustering in sublineage Id. Thus, to further characterize the evolutionary diversity of strain mcs/13-07, all gene segments were analyzed. VP6 and NSP4 exhibited genetic relatedness to Wa-like human subgroup II strains, while VP1-3, NSP1-3 and NSP5 were closely related to porcine strains. Based on the new classification system of rotaviruses, mcs/13-07 revealed a G9-P[6]-I1-R1-C1-M1-A8-N1-T1-E1-H1 genotype with close similarity to human Wa-like and porcine Gottfried strains. Therefore, considering the porcine-like or porcine origin of multiple gene segments, it might be tempting to assume that strain mcs/13-07 represents a rare instance of whole-virus transmission from pig to human, after which the virus evolved with time. Alternatively, it is possible that strain mcs/13-07 resulted from multiple reassortment events involving human subgroup II and porcine P[6] strains. Nevertheless, detection of strain mcs/13-07 provides further evidence for complex interspecies transmission events, which are frequent in developing countries.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Child, Preschool
  • Evolution, Molecular*
  • Genome, Viral*
  • Humans
  • India
  • Male
  • Phylogeny
  • RNA, Viral / genetics
  • RNA-Binding Proteins / genetics
  • Rotavirus / classification
  • Rotavirus / genetics*
  • Rotavirus / isolation & purification
  • Rotavirus Infections / transmission*
  • Sequence Analysis, RNA
  • Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
  • Species Specificity
  • Swine / virology
  • Swine Diseases / transmission
  • Swine Diseases / virology
  • Viral Nonstructural Proteins / genetics
  • Zoonoses / transmission*
  • Zoonoses / virology

Substances

  • RNA, Viral
  • RNA-Binding Proteins
  • Viral Nonstructural Proteins
  • NS35 protein, rotavirus