14-year experience of National Reference Center for Rotavirus A in Belgium: unusual dominance of equine-like G3P[8] genotype after the pandemic

IntroductionDespite vaccine availability, rotavirus persists as a leading cause of gastroenteritis in children under five years of age, and continued surveillance of circulating genotypes is needed to monitor their evolution. We collected 8024 rotavirus positive samples throughout Belgium between 2009 and 2023. For 6352 samples we were able to determine the G and/or P genotypes through sequencing of the genes encoding the outer capsid proteins VP7 and VP4. This BioProject contains NGS reads of 37 samples (including 2 negative controls) sequenced for this project.