Rotavirus Taxonomy

Rotavirus, an icosahedral virus in the family Reoviridae, has a distinct morphologic appearance by negative-stain electron microscopy.The major antigenic properties of rotaviruses group, subgroup, and serotype are determined by the viral capsid proteins. Rotavirus has seven major groups (A-G); most human strains belong to group A, although groups B and C have occasionally been associated with human illness
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Electron Tomography of Reoviridae

By Peter Engelhardt1, Juha Ruokolainen2 and André Dolenc3
CSC News (Vol. 6, No 4, p 14-20) December 1994