Reassoment has enabled the development of live vaccines, which is a feature of the following virus?
Correct Answer: Rotavirus
Description: One unique feature of rotaviruses is the ease with which the 11 RNA segments can undergo reassoment. Reassoment has enabled the development of live vaccines that combine genes from readily cultivated animal rotaviruses with human rotavirus genes that encode serotype-specific capsid proteins. Ref: Ray C.G., Ryan K.J. (2010). Chapter 15. Viruses of Diarrhea. In C.G. Ray, K.J. Ryan (Eds), Sherris Medical Microbiology, 5e.
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