Thomas Delbeke

TL;DR: The novel classification system allows the identification of (i) distinct genotypes, which probably followed separate evolutionary paths; (ii) interspecies transmissions and a plethora of reassortment events; and (iii) certain gene constellations that revealed a common origin between human Wa-like rotavirus strains and porcine rotav virus strains.

TL;DR: The genetic analyses revealed that after introduction of the VP7 gene of the rare G12 genotype into more common local strains through reassortment, a vast genetic diversity was generated and several new variants with distinct gene constellations emerged.

TL;DR: Genomic comparison of these two African G8 strains revealed that 10 out of their 11 gene segments, except for VP4, were nearly identical, suggesting that this rare G8P[8] rotavirus strain originated recently from a reassortment between a common G8p[6] strain and a strain with a P[8) specificity.

TL;DR: This poster presents a probabilistic procedure for quantifying the immune response to several types of viruses and its applications in clinical and epidemiological research.

TL;DR: Phylogenetic analyses of the gene segments encoding the hemagglutinin (VP4), glycoprotein (VP7) and RNA-binding protein (NSP2) of group B rotaviruses showed that Bangladeshi strains were more similar to the Indian strains than to the prototype Chinese strains.