%0 Journal Article %A Browning, G. F. %A Chalmers, R. M. %A Fitzgerald, T. A. %A Snodgrass, D. R. %T Serological and genomic characterization of L338, a novel equine group A rotavirus G serotype %D 1991 %J Journal of General Virology, %V 72 %N 5 %P 1059-1064 %@ 1465-2099 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/0022-1317-72-5-1059 %I Microbiology Society, %X A group A rotavirus designated L338 was isolated from the faeces of a diarrhoeic foal and was compared to 11 standard G serotype strains of group A rotaviruses by cross-neutralization. It was clearly distinct from serotypes G1 to G11 and thus representative of a novel rotavirus G serotype tentatively designated G13. The nucleic acid sequence of the virion protein 7 (VP7) coding region was determined and the deduced amino acid sequence compared to published sequences. Within VP7 regions A and B, L338 was clearly distinct from serotypes G1 to G12 (excluding G7 which has not been sequenced), but region C was very similar to those of G3 and G8. This further questions the significance of region C in determining serotype specificity of at least three distinct rotavirus G serotypes. %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jgv/10.1099/0022-1317-72-5-1059