Molecular characterisation of equine group A rotavirus, Nasuno, isolated in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan

In this study, equine group A rotavirus (RV-A), Nasuno, isolated from foal diarrhoea in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan was characterised genetically by sequence analysis of the genome segments encoding VP4 and VP7. The nucleotide and deduced amino acid sequences revealed high homology with P[12] RV-As (94.0–99.3% and 94.9–99.4%) and G3 RV-As (86.9–99.5% and 91.1–99.4%). Nasuno was also classified into P[12] and G3 in the phylogenetic analysis of the nucleotide sequences of the genome segments encoding VP4 and VP7.