Table 3.

Hypothetical examples of nomenclature for RV vaccine strains and laboratory generated/engineered strains.

STRAIN NAME	GENOTYPES											REF.
	VP7	VP4	VP6	VP1	VP2	VP3	NSP1	NSP2	NSP3	NSP4	NSP5
RVA/Env/CHE/River-Swiss/1998/G3P[X]a	G1											(2)
RVA/Simian-lab/USA/SA11-tsE/XXXX/G3P[2]b	G3	P[2]	I2	R2	C5	M5	A5	N2	T5	E2	H5	XX
RVA/Cow-lab/GBR/PP-1/1976/G3P[7]c	G3	P[7]					A3			E8		(21)
RVA/Labstr/USA/RRV-E4/1996/G3P[20]d	G3	P[20]	I2	R2	C3	M3	A9	N2	T3	E3	H6	(44)
RVA/Labstr/USA/SA11-huN2/2010/G3P[2]e	G3	P[2]	I2	R2	C5	M5	A5	N2	T5	E2	H5	(85)
RVA/Vaccine/USA/RotaTeq-WI79-9/1992/G1P7[5]f	G1	P7[5]	I2	R2	C2	M1	A3	N2	T6	E2	H3	(53)
RVA/Vaccine/USA/RotaTeq-SC2-9/1992/G2P7[5]f	G2	P7[5]	I2	R2	C2	M1	A3	N2	T6	E2	H3	(53)
RVA/Vaccine/USA/RotaTeq-WI78-8/1992/G3P7[5]f	G3	P7[5]	I2	R2	C2	M2	A3	N2	T6	E2	H3	(53)
RVA/Vaccine/USA/RotaTeq-BrB-9/1996/G4P7[5]f	G4	P7[5]	I2	R2	C2	M2	A3	N2	T6	E2	H3	(53)
RVA/Vaccine/USA/RotaTeq-WI79-4/1992/G6P1A[8]f	G6	P1A[8]	I2	R2	C2	M2	A3	N2	T6	E2	H3	(53)
RVA/Vaccine/USA/Rotarix- RIX4414/1988/G1P1A[8]g	G1	P1A[8]	I1	R1	C1	M1	A1	N1	T1	E1	H1	N.P.

^aHypothetical name of a RV strain identified in a river in Switzerland (2).

^bStrain SA11-tsE is a temperature sensitive RV strain (SA11) generated using chemical mutagenesis.

^cStrain PP-1 is a bovine RV strain wish has been passages several times in the heterologous pig model (21)

^dHypothetical name of a RV strain generated using in vitro reassortment in cell culture, possessing an RRV-like gene background with the VP4 gene (genotype P[20]) of the murine RV strain EHP (44).

^eHypothetical name of a RV strain generated using reverse genetic techniques, possessing an SA11-like gene background with the NSP2 gene (genotype N2) of the human RV strain DS-1 (85).

^fHypothetical names of the 5 reassortant RV strain present in the RotaTeq vaccine (53).

^gHypothetical name of the RV strain present in the Rotarix vaccine.

An open space refers to the genotype not being established/determined.