[Morphological characteristics of the rotaviruses and the structure of their genome]

The data on human and animal rotavirus reproduction in monkey kidney cell culture, their morphology, and genome structure are presented. Both viruses, simian rotavirus SA 11 and human rotavirus K1, did not differ morphologically, in both cases two-capsid and one-capsid particles were found. The genome structure was determined by electrophoresis in 6% PAG. The electrophoretic mobility of genome fragments of both viruses was similar.