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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 2

Sequence similarities of deduced VP1, VP6, and NSP5 amino acid sequences of rotaviruses from common shrews (Sorex araneus), Germany, 2004–2014*

Comparator rotavirus species and strain Rotavirus species type (shrew sample designation), protein
A (KS/11/2281)
 C-like (KS/11/2281)
 H-like (KS/12/0644)
VP1 VP6 NSP5 VP1† VP6‡ NSP5 VP1 VP6 NSP5
A, SA11 65.6 64.5 47.6 48.6 40.2 24.5 26.8 20.3 17.6
B, WH-1 27.4 17.1 15.9 24.9 14.7 17.6 55.5 39.2 32.9
C, Bristol 48.0 42.8 24.6 63.2 50.1 31.5 25.8 20.0 16.8
D, 05V0059 51.8 39.8 18.2 48.3 36.1 17.8 25.7 20.3 14.5
F, 03V0568 57.5 34.1 20.2 48.5 32.3 22.8 26.0 15.2 17.4
G, 03V0567 26.4 19.1 12.4 25.9 17.1 17.1 56.1 40.7 34.8
H, J19 27.3 17.3 18.8 25.7 17.4 15.1 63.1 48.2 38.2
I, KE135/2012 26.2 17.6 14.1 26.0 13.8 15.9 59.0 44.5 33.3
J, BO4351/Ms/2014 27.0 18.1 15.2 25.2 14.5 14.1 63.0 48.3 43.9

*Values are % sequence similarities. NSP, nonstructural protein; VP, virus protein.
†Incomplete at N terminus (≈70 aa residues missing) and C terminus (≈10 aa residues missing).
‡Incomplete at N terminus (≈40 aa residues missing).

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