Survey of Human Rotavirus Propagation as Studied by Electrophoresis of Genomic RNA

Abstract
Rotavirus RNA isolated from three different environmental sources during the winter of 1981–1982 was analyzed by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Our results demonstrate the presence of novel RNA patterns, the coexistence of multiple electrophoretic patterns in rotavirus isolated from samples from a given ward, and that spread of a given electropherotype is limited.