Abstract
Rotavirus A (RVA) is a prevalent cause of enteric diarrhea in infants, bovine, pigs, and sheep globally. Currently, the G6P[1]‐type rotaviruses are prevalent in sheep or goat in Bangladesh, Turkey, and Uganda. However, this genotype has not been reported in Chinese sheep or goat. Therefore, 12 anal swabs were collected from diarrheal sheep in Gansu Province, China, in 2023 and tested for rotavirus using reverse transcription‐polymerase chain reaction (RT‐PCR). Pathological sections and immunohistochemistry were used to observe pathological changes and rotavirus antigens in the duodenum, respectively. The sheep rotavirus was isolated in MA‐104 cells and characterized through indirect immunofluorescence and transmission electron microscopy. The genes of the strain were obtained using the next‐generation sequencing technology and analyzed phylogenetically. One sheep was positive for rotavirus by RT‐PCR, and immunohistochemistry revealed numerous rotavirus antigens in the apical portion of the duodenal villi. Transmission electron microscopy revealed that the strain was characterized by virus particles that were “wheel‐shaped” and measured 70–80 nm in size. The gene constellations of this strain is G6‐P[1]‐I2‐R2‐C2‐M2‐A11‐N2‐T6‐E2‐H3. BLASTn and phylogenetic tree analyses suggest that this strain is likely a recombinant of human rotavirus, goat rotavirus, and bovine rotavirus. The comparison of amino acid similarities revealed three differences in the key antigenic epitopes of the VP7 and VP4 proteins between the GO34 strain and this study strain despite the identical gene constellations of the two strains. To date, this is the first report of this constellation of RVA being found in sheep.
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