Whole-genome-based characterization of three human Rotavirus C strains isolated from gastroenteritis outbreaks in Western India and a provisional intra-genotypic lineage classification system.

The number of whole-genome sequences of human rotavirus C (RVC) strains available in public databases is recently increasing. Thus far from India only a single whole genome of human RVC of a sporadic case was available. In this study, nearly full-length genome sequencing and phylogenetic analyses of three RVC strains isolated from three different gastroenteritis outbreaks during 2010-2014 in Western India was carried out.