Longitudinal Surveillance of Porcine Rotavirus B Strains from the United States and Canada and In Silico Identification of Antigenically Important Sites

Rotavirus B (RVB) is an important swine pathogen, but control and prevention strategies are limited without an available vaccine. To develop a subunit RVB vaccine with maximal effect, we characterized the amino acid sequence variability and predicted antigenicity of RVB viral protein 7 (VP7), a majo...

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Main Authors: Frances K. Shepherd, Michael P. Murtaugh, Fangzhou Chen, Marie R. Culhane, Douglas G. Marthaler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2017-12-01
Series:Pathogens
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0817/6/4/64