Summary
Four group A human rotaviruses having antigenic specificity of subgroup I and ‘long’ RNA electropherotype were isolated in MA104 cell cultures. Cross-neutralization tests with hyperimmune antisera suggested that they are serologically distinct from the six previously recognized human rotavirus serotypes.
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Urasawa, S., Urasawa, T., Wakasugi, F. et al. Presumptive seventh serotype of human rotavirus. Archives of Virology 113, 279–282 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01316680
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