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First Detection of DS-1-like G1P[8] Double-gene Reassortant Rotavirus Strains on The American Continent, Brazil, 2013. Sci Rep 2019; 9:2210. [PMID: 30778110 PMCID: PMC6379365 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-38703-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2018] [Accepted: 01/02/2019] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Emergence of DS-1-like-G1P[8] rotavirus in Asia have been recently reported. We report for the first time the detection and the whole genome phylogenetic analysis of DS-1-like-G1P[8] strains in America. From 2013 to 2017, a total of 4226 fecal samples were screened for rotavirus by ELISA, PAGE, RT-PCR and sequencing. G1P[8] represented 3.7% (30/800) of all rotavirus-positive samples. DS-1-like-G1P[8] comprised 1.6% (13/800) detected exclusively in 2013, and Wa-like-G1P[8] comprised 2.1% (17/800) detected from 2013 to 2015. Whole genome sequencing confirmed the DS-1-like backbone I2-R2-C2-M2-A2-N2-T2-E2-H2. All genome segments of the Brazilian DS-1-like-G1P[8] strains clustered with those of Asian strains, and apart from African DS-1-like-G1P[8] strains. In addition, Brazilian DS-1-like-G1P[8] reassortants distantly clustered with DS-1-like backbone strains simultaneously circulating in the country, suggesting that the Brazilian DS-1-like-G1P[8] strains are likely imported from Asia. Two distinct NSP4 E2 genotype lineages were also identified, indicating the existence of a co-circulating pool of different DS-1-like G1P[8] strains. Surveillance systems must be developed to examine if RVA vaccines are still effective for the prevention against unusual DS-1-like-G1P[8] strains.
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Luchs A, da Costa AC, Cilli A, Komninakis SCV, Carmona RDCC, Boen L, Morillo SG, Sabino EC, Timenetsky MDCST. Spread of the emerging equine-like G3P[8] DS-1-like genetic backbone rotavirus strain in Brazil and identification of potential genetic variants. J Gen Virol 2018; 100:7-25. [PMID: 30457517 DOI: 10.1099/jgv.0.001171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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In 2013, the equine-like G3P[8] DS-1-like rotavirus (RVA) strain emerged worldwide. In 2016, this strain was reported in northern Brazil. The aims of the study were to conduct a retrospective genetic investigation to identify the possible entry of these atypical strains in Brazil and to describe their distribution across a representative area of the country. From 2013 to 2017, a total of 4226 faecal samples were screened for RVA by ELISA, PAGE, RT-PCR and sequencing. G3P[8] represented 20.9 % (167/800) of all RVA-positive samples, further subdivided as equine-like G3P[8], DS-1-like (11.0 %; 88/800) and Wa-like G3P[8] (9.9 %; 79/800). Six equine-like G3P[8] DS-1-like samples were selected for whole-genome investigation, confirming the backbone I2-R2-C2-M2-A2-N2-T2-E2-H2. During 2013-2014, Wa-like G3P[8] was predominant and no equine-like G3P[8] DS-1-like was detected. Equine-like G3P[8] DS-1-like was first identified in Paraná in March/2015, suggesting that the strain entered Brazil through the Southern region. Equine-like G3P[8] rapidly spread across the area under surveillance and displayed a marked potential to replace Wa-like G3P[8] strains. Brazilian equine-like G3P[8] DS-1-like strains clustered with contemporary equine-like G3P[8] DS-1-like detected worldwide, but exhibited a distinct NSP2 genotype (N2) compared to the previously reported Amazon equine-like G3P[8] DS-1-like strain (N1). Two distinct NSP4 E2 genotype lineages were also identified. Taken together, these data suggest that different variants of equine-like G3P[8] DS-1-like strains might have been introduced into the country at distinct time points, and co-circulated in the period 2015-2017. The global emergence of equine-like G3P[8] DS-1-like strains, predominantly in countries using the Rotarix vaccine, raises the question of whether vaccines may be inducing selective pressures on zoonotic strains.
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- Adriana Luchs
- 1Enteric Disease Laboratory, Virology Center, Adolfo Lutz Institute, São Paulo, Brazil
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- 2LIM/46 - Laboratory of Medical Parasitology, Department of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, College of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.,3Institute of Tropical Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- 1Enteric Disease Laboratory, Virology Center, Adolfo Lutz Institute, São Paulo, Brazil
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- 4Postgraduate Program in Health Science, Faculty of Medicine of ABC, Santo André, Brazil.,5Retrovirology Laboratory, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- 1Enteric Disease Laboratory, Virology Center, Adolfo Lutz Institute, São Paulo, Brazil
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- 2LIM/46 - Laboratory of Medical Parasitology, Department of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, College of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.,3Institute of Tropical Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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Luchs A, Cilli A, Morillo SG, Carmona RDCC, Timenetsky MDCST. ROTAVIRUS GENOTYPES CIRCULATING IN BRAZIL, 2007-2012: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE VACCINE PROGRAM. Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo 2016; 57:305-13. [PMID: 26422154 PMCID: PMC4616915 DOI: 10.1590/s0036-46652015000400006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Regarding public health in Brazil, a new scenario emerged with the establishment of universal rotavirus (RV) vaccination programs. Herein, the data from the five years of surveillance (2007-2012) of G- and P-type RV strains isolated from individuals with acute gastroenteritis in Brazil are reported. A total of 6,196 fecal specimens were investigated by ELISA and RT-PCR. RVs were detected in 19.1% (1,181/6,196). The peak of RV incidence moved from June-August to September. RV was detected less frequently (19.5%) among children ≤ 5 years than in older children and adolescents (6-18 years) (40.6%). Genotype distribution showed a different profile for each year: G2P[4] strains were most prevalent during 2007-2010, G9P[8] in 2011, and G12P[8] in 2012. Mixed infections (G1+G2P[4], G2+G3P[4]+P[8], G2+G12P[8]), unusual combinations (G1P[4], G2P[6]), and rare strains (G3P[3]) were also identified throughout the study period. Widespread vaccination may alter the RV seasonal pattern. The finding of RV disease affecting older children and adolescents after vaccine implementation has been reported worldwide. G2P[4] emergence most likely follows a global trend seemingly unrelated to vaccination, and G12, apparently, is emerging in the Brazilian population. The rapidly changing RV genotype patterns detected during this study illustrate a dynamic population of co-circulating wildtype RVs in Brazil.
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Luchs A, Cilli A, Morillo SG, Gregório DDS, de Souza KAF, Vieira HR, Fernandes ADM, Carmona RDCC, Timenetsky MDCST. Detection of the emerging rotavirus G12P[8] genotype at high frequency in brazil in 2014: Successive replacement of predominant strains after vaccine introduction. Acta Trop 2016; 156:87-94. [PMID: 26748357 DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2015.12.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2015] [Revised: 12/14/2015] [Accepted: 12/19/2015] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The continuum characterization of rotavirus (RVA) genotypes is essential to understand how vaccine introduction could impact virus epidemiology. In the present study, an unexpected rapid changing pattern of RVA genotypes distribution in Brazilian population during three followed seasons is described. From January/2012 to December/2014, a total of 3441 fecal specimens were collected from collaborating centers across Southern, Southeastern and Midwest of Brazil. All specimens were screened for RVA using ELISA, and genotyped by RT-PCR. Differences in proportions were tested using Chi-Squares. A p-value of less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant. RVA was detected in 19.7% (677/3441). Among RVA positive cases (n=677), a total of 652 (96.3%) samples were successfully amplified by RT-PCR. G3P[8] remained prevalent in 2012 (37.6%, 69/185) and 2013 (40.1%, 74/186) (χ(2)=0.107, p=0.743), but declined markedly in 2014 (3.5%, 10/281) (χ(2)=71.770, p=0.000). G12P[8] was second highest strain in 2012 (22.7%, 42/185), decrease rapidly in 2013 (2.7%, 5/186) (χ(2)=26.224, p=0.000) and re-emerged as the predominant genotype in 2014 (86.6%, 243/281) (χ(2)=118.299, p=0.000). From July/2014, G12P[8] was the single genotype detected in all regions studied. The sudden emergence, spread and predominance of G12P[8] strain in Brazil, raised the hypothesis of a possible G12 outbreak being in progress. Nationally, the long term decline in gastroenteritis hospitalization observed in the country after RVA vaccine introduction was confirmed. Nevertheless, the sharp increase in diarrhea hospitalization prevalence from 2013 to 2014 observed in Southern and Southeastern regions is consistent with what appears to be an outbreak of G12P[8]. Continued surveillance is needed to verify the effectiveness of the RotarixTM vaccine in Brazil together with potential emergence of unusual genotypes.
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- Adriana Luchs
- Enteric Disease Laboratory, Virology Centre, Adolfo Lutz Institute, São Paulo, Brazil.
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- Enteric Disease Laboratory, Virology Centre, Adolfo Lutz Institute, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Enteric Disease Laboratory, Virology Centre, Adolfo Lutz Institute, São Paulo, Brazil
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Rotaviruses are leading causes of gastroenteritis in the young of many species. Molecular epidemiological studies in children suggest that interspecies transmission contributes to rotavirus strain diversity in people. However, population-based studies of rotaviruses in animals are few. We investigated the prevalence, risk factors for infection, and genetic diversity of rotavirus A in a cross-sectional survey of cats housed within 25 rescue catteries across the United Kingdom. Morning litter tray fecal samples were collected during the winter and summer in 2012 from all pens containing kittens and a random sample of those housing adult cats. Group A rotavirus RNA was detected by real-time reverse transcription-PCR, and positive samples were G and P genotyped using nested VP4 and VP7 PCR assays. A total of 1,727 fecal samples were collected from 1,105 pens. Overall, the prevalence of rotavirus was 3.0% (95% confidence interval [CI], 1.2 to 4.9%). Thirteen out of 25 (52%; 95% CI, 31.3 to 72.2%) centers housed at least one rotavirus-positive cat. The prevalence of rotavirus was associated with season (odds ratio, 14.8 [95% CI, 1.1 to 200.4]; P = 0.04) but not age or diarrhea. It was higher during the summer (4.7%; 95% CI, 1.2 to 8.3%) than in winter (0.8%; 95% CI, 0.2 to 1.5%). Asymptomatic epidemics of infection were detected in two centers. G genotypes were characterized for 19 (33.3%) of the 57 rotavirus-positive samples and P genotypes for 36 (59.7%). Two rotavirus genotypes were identified, G3P[9] and G6P[9]. This is the first population-based study of rotavirus in cats and the first report of feline G6P[9], which questions the previous belief that G6P[9] in people is of bovine origin.
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Maestri RP, Kaiano JHL, Neri DL, Soares LDS, Guerra SDFDS, Oliveira DDS, Farias YN, Gabbay YB, Leite JPG, Linhares ADC, Mascarenhas JDP. Phylogenetic analysis of probable non-human genes of group A rotaviruses isolated from children with acute gastroenteritis in Belém, Brazil. J Med Virol 2013; 84:1993-2002. [PMID: 23080508 DOI: 10.1002/jmv.23364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Rotaviruses (RVs) are the main cause of acute viral gastroenteritis in both humans and young animals of various species such as calves, horses, pigs, dogs, cats, and birds. The genetic diversity of RVs is related to a variety of evolutionary mechanisms, including point mutation, and genome reassortment. The objective of this study was to characterize molecularly genes that encode structural and nonstructural proteins in unusual RV strains. The clinical specimens selected for this study were obtained from children and newborn with RV gastroenteritis, who participated in research projects on viral gastroenteritis conducted at the Evandro Chagas Institute. Structural (VP1-VP4, VP6, and VP7) and nonstructural (NSP1-NSP6) genes were amplified from stool samples by the polymerase chain reaction and subsequently sequenced. Eight unusual RV strains isolated from children and newborn with gastroenteritis were studied. Reassortment between genes of animal origin were observed in 5/8 (62.5%) strains analyzed. These results demonstrate that, although rare, interspecies (animal-human) transmission of RVs occurs in nature, as observed in the present study in strains NB150, HSP034, HSP180, HST327, and RV10109. This study is the first to be conducted in the Amazon region and supports previous data showing a close relationship between genes of human and animal origin, representing a challenge to the large-scale introduction of RV vaccines in national immunization programs.
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- Régis Piloni Maestri
- Virology Section, Instituto Evandro Chagas, Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde, Ministério da Saúde, Ananindeua, Pará, Brazil
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Luchs A, Cilli A, Morillo SG, Carmona RDCC, Timenetsky MDCST. Rare G3P[3] rotavirus strain detected in Brazil: Possible human–canine interspecies transmission. J Clin Virol 2012; 54:89-92. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2012.01.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2011] [Revised: 01/07/2012] [Accepted: 01/30/2012] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Tapisiz A, Karahan ZC, Çiftçi E, İnce E, Doğru Ü. Changing patterns of rotavirus genotypes in Turkey. Curr Microbiol 2011; 63:517-22. [PMID: 21938522 DOI: 10.1007/s00284-011-0014-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2011] [Accepted: 09/12/2011] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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To describe the circulation dynamics of human rotavirus genotypes and to understand the epidemiological changes of rotavirus infection in Turkey, one of the countries where the highest mortality rates are seen due to rotavirus in Europe. Stool samples of children under 5 years of age which gave positive results for rotavirus antigen were stored at -20°C and then genotyped using multiplex reverse transcription polymerase-chain reaction. Of the 494 stool samples, 137 (28.1%) were positive for rotavirus antigen and 100 (73%) samples which could be genotyped successfully were included in the study. 42 (42%) samples were from inpatients, and 58 (58%) were from outpatients. The median age of the children was 16 months (5 days-59 months). G9 and P[8] were the most frequent G and P genotypes, and were detected in 30 (30%) and 55 patients (55%), respectively. In 90 samples for which both G and P genotypes could be determined, 34 different combinations were found. G9P[8] was the most frequent genotype detected in 19 patients (19%), followed by G1P[8] and G4P[6] each in 7 (7%) patients. The incidence of mixed infection was found to be 26%. Novel strains like P2A[6] and P[5] and unusual reassortant strains were detected. Distribution of rotavirus genotypes exhibited distinctive changes in this study. When the ever-changing epidemiology of rotaviruses is taken into account, ongoing surveillance studies are important before the inclusion of rotavirus vaccines in national immunization program of Turkey.
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- Anil Tapisiz
- Department of Pediatric Infectious Disease, Ankara University Medical School, 06100 Dikimevi, Ankara, Turkey.
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Multiple reassortment and interspecies transmission events contribute to the diversity of feline, canine and feline/canine-like human group A rotavirus strains. INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION 2011; 11:1396-406. [DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2011.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2011] [Revised: 05/06/2011] [Accepted: 05/06/2011] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Grant L, Esona M, Gentsch J, Watt J, Reid R, Weatherholtz R, Santosham M, Parashar U, O'Brien K. Detection of G3P[3] and G3P[9] rotavirus strains in American Indian children with evidence of gene reassortment between human and animal rotaviruses. J Med Virol 2011; 83:1288-99. [DOI: 10.1002/jmv.22076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Martella V, Potgieter AC, Lorusso E, De Grazia S, Giammanco GM, Matthijnssens J, Bányai K, Ciarlet M, Lavazza A, Decaro N, Buonavoglia C. A feline rotavirus G3P[9] carries traces of multiple reassortment events and resembles rare human G3P[9] rotaviruses. J Gen Virol 2011; 92:1214-1221. [PMID: 21228122 DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.027425-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The full-length genome sequence of a feline G3P[9] rotavirus (RV) strain, BA222, identified from the intestinal content of an adult cat, was determined. Strain BA222 possessed a G3-P[9]-I2-R2-C2-M2-A3-N1-T3-E2-H3 genomic constellation, differing substantially from other feline RVs. Phylogenetic analyses of each genome segment revealed common origins with selected animal and zoonotic human RVs, notably with rare multi-reassortant human G3P[9] RVs (Ita/PAI58/96 and Ita/PAH136/96). Altogether, the findings suggest that feline RVs are genetically diverse and that human RVs may occasionally originate either directly or indirectly (via reassortment) from feline RVs.
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- V Martella
- Department of Veterinary Public Health, University of Bari, Valenzano, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Public Health, University of Bari, Valenzano, Italy
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- Department of Health Promotion Sciences 'G. D'Alessandro', University of Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Health Promotion Sciences 'G. D'Alessandro', University of Palermo, Italy
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- Veterinary Medical Research Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungária krt. 21, H-1143 Budapest, Hungary
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- Infectious Diseases and Vaccines - Clinical Research, Merck Research Laboratory, North Wales, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale di Lombardia ed Emilia Romagna, Brescia, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Public Health, University of Bari, Valenzano, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Public Health, University of Bari, Valenzano, Italy
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Nagashima S, Kobayashi N, Paul SK, Alam MM, Chawla-Sarkar M, Krishnan T. Characterization of full-length VP4 genes of OP354-like P[8] human rotavirus strains detected in Bangladesh representing a novel P[8] subtype. Arch Virol 2009; 154:1223-31. [PMID: 19572186 DOI: 10.1007/s00705-009-0436-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2009] [Accepted: 06/17/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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The G1 and G9 rotavirus strains MMC71 and MMC38 (subgroup II, NSP4 genogroup B), respectively, isolated from children in Bangladesh, were analyzed genetically. Full-length VP4 genes of these strains had 98.9% identity to each other and showed 83.9-89.4% identity to those of the P[4] and P[8] rotaviruses. Phylogenetic analysis of VP4 nucleotide sequences revealed that strains MMC38 and MMC71 were located in a lineage of P[8] strains. However, the cluster was highly divergent from the previously established P[8] strains. The VP8* portions of strains MMC38 and MMC71 showed more than 93.9% nucleotide sequence identity to OP354-like P[8] strains, and these strains were clustered into the same lineage. These findings indicate that the VP4 of these strains should be classified into a subtype of the P[8] genotype (P[8]b) that is distinct from that of common P[8] rotaviruses (P[8]a).
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- Shigeo Nagashima
- Department of Hygiene, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, S-1 W-17 Chuo-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-8556, Japan.
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Manuja BK, Prasad M, Manuja A, Gulati BR, Prasad G. A novel genomic constellation (G10P[3]) of group A rotavirus detected from buffalo calves in northern India. Virus Res 2008; 138:36-42. [PMID: 18793686 DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2008.08.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2008] [Revised: 07/31/2008] [Accepted: 08/02/2008] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Group A bovine rotaviruses cause gastroenteritis and calf mortality leading to significant economic losses to dairy farmers in India. Due to segmented nature of the RNA genome and wide host range, vast genetic and antigenic diversity exists among different isolates of rotavirus. Molecular characterization of locally prevalent group A rotavirus strains in buffalo population in north India was undertaken. Out of a total of 455 faecal samples, 21 samples (4.61%) were positive for bovine rota virus (BRV) as determined by PAGE and ELISA, whereas of these only 15 isolates yielded specific products for VP4 and VP7 genes by RT-PCR. Genotyping by nested PCR typed G6, G10 and P[11] genotypes but VP4 genes of 11 isolates remained untyped. The phylogenetic and evolutionary analysis of nucleotide and predicted amino acid sequences of the cloned products of VP4 and VP7 genes confirmed typing results obtained by nested PCR for G6, G10 and P[11] and classified the untyped isolates as P[3] genotypes. In this study, it was observed that G6P[11] (26.66%) and G10P[3] (73.34%) group A rotaviruses are circulating in buffalo herds of organized farms in north India. Unusual reassortants G10P[3] of group A rotaviruses isolated from buffalo calves show novel genomic constellations indicative of interspecies reassortment.
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- Balvinder K Manuja
- Department of Animal Biotechnology, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar (Haryana) 125004, India.
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Whole genome sequence and phylogenetic analyses reveal human rotavirus G3P[3] strains Ro1845 and HCR3A are examples of direct virion transmission of canine/feline rotaviruses to humans. Virology 2008; 380:344-53. [PMID: 18789808 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2008.07.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2008] [Revised: 07/03/2008] [Accepted: 07/31/2008] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Rotaviruses, the major causative agents of infantile diarrhea worldwide, are, in general, highly species-specific. Interspecies virus transmission is thought to be one of the important contributors involved in the evolution and diversity of rotaviruses in nature. Human rotavirus (HRV) G3P[3] strains Ro1845 and HCR3A have been reported to be closely related genetically to certain canine and feline rotaviruses (RVs). Whole genome sequence and phylogenetic analyses of each of these 2 HRVs as well as 3 canine RVs (CU-1, K9 and A79-10, each with G3P[3] specificity) and 2 feline RVs (Cat97 with G3P[3] specificity and Cat2 with G3P[9] specificity) revealed that (i) each of 11 genes of the Ro1845 and HCR3A was of canine/feline origin; (ii) canine and feline rotaviruses with G3P[3] specificity bore highly conserved species-specific genomes; and (iii) the Cat2 strain may have evolved via multiple reassortment events involving canine, feline, human and bovine rotaviruses.
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De Grazia S, Martella V, Giammanco GM, Gòmara MI, Ramirez S, Cascio A, Colomba C, Arista S. Canine-origin G3P[3] rotavirus strain in child with acute gastroenteritis. Emerg Infect Dis 2008; 13:1091-3. [PMID: 18214189 PMCID: PMC2878246 DOI: 10.3201/eid1307.070239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Infection by an animal-like strain of rotavirus (PA260/97) was diagnosed in a child with gastroenteritis in Palermo, Italy, in 1997. Sequence analysis of VP7, VP4, VP6, and NSP4 genes showed resemblance to a G3P[3] canine strain identified in Italy in 1996. Dogs are a potential source of human viral pathogens.
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Ghosh S, Varghese V, Samajdar S, Sinha M, Kobayashi N, Naik TN. Molecular characterization of bovine group A rotavirus G3P[3] strains. Arch Virol 2007; 152:1935-40. [PMID: 17577612 DOI: 10.1007/s00705-007-1009-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2007] [Accepted: 05/16/2007] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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During a surveillance study, four of 130 group A rotavirus strains, detected from diarrheic calves in Eastern India, exhibited G3P[3] specificities. Molecular characterization of VP7 and VP8(*) genes of one such strain [named as RUBV3 (RU: ruminant and BV: bovine)] revealed genetic relatedness to a G3P[3] simian strain, RRV, and RRV-related caprine strain GRV. Strain RUBV3 had VP6, NSP4 and NSP5 genes of bovine origin. Therefore, the present study provides evidence for multiple reassortment events involving ruminant and simian strains and, to our knowledge, is the first report of detection of bovine group A rotavirus strains with G3P[3] specificities.
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- Division of Virology, National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Beliaghata, Kolkata, India
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Khamrin P, Maneekarn N, Peerakome S, Yagyu F, Okitsu S, Ushijima H. Molecular characterization of a rare G3P[3] human rotavirus reassortant strain reveals evidence for multiple human-animal interspecies transmissions. J Med Virol 2006; 78:986-94. [PMID: 16721863 DOI: 10.1002/jmv.20651] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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An unusual strain of human rotavirus G3P[3] (CMH222), bearing simian-like VP7 and caprine-like VP4 genes, was isolated from a 2-year-old child patient during the epidemiological survey of rotavirus in Chiang Mai, Thailand in 2000-2001. The rotavirus strain was characterized by molecular analysis of its VP4, VP6, VP7, and NSP4 gene segments. The VP4 sequence of CMH222 shared the greatest homology with those of caprine P[3] (GRV strain) at 90.6% nucleotide and 96.4% amino acid sequence identities. Interestingly, the VP7 sequence revealed highest identity with those of simian G3 rotavirus (RRV strain) at 88% nucleotide and 98.1% amino acid sequence identities. In contrast, percent sequence identities of both the VP4 and VP7 genes were lower when compared with those of human rotavirus G3P[3] reference strains (Ro1845 and HCR3). Analyses of VP6 and NSP4 sequences showed a close relationship with simian VP6 SG I and caprine NSP4 genotype C, respectively. Phylogenetic analysis of VP4, VP6, VP7, and NSP4 genes of CMH222 revealed a common evolutionary lineage with simian and caprine rotavirus strains. These findings strongly suggest multiple interspecies transmission events of rotavirus strains among caprine, simian, and human in nature and provide convincing evidence that evolution of human rotaviruses is tightly intermingled with the evolution of animal rotaviruses.
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- Pattara Khamrin
- Department of Developmental Medical Sciences, Institute of International Health, Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo, Japan
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Gentsch JR, Laird AR, Bielfelt B, Griffin DD, Banyai K, Ramachandran M, Jain V, Cunliffe NA, Nakagomi O, Kirkwood CD, Fischer TK, Parashar UD, Bresee JS, Jiang B, Glass RI. Serotype diversity and reassortment between human and animal rotavirus strains: implications for rotavirus vaccine programs. J Infect Dis 2005; 192 Suppl 1:S146-59. [PMID: 16088798 DOI: 10.1086/431499] [Citation(s) in RCA: 437] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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The development of rotavirus vaccines that are based on heterotypic or serotype-specific immunity has prompted many countries to establish programs to assess the disease burden associated with rotavirus infection and the distribution of rotavirus strains. Strain surveillance helps to determine whether the most prevalent local strains are likely to be covered by the serotype antigens found in current vaccines. After introduction of a vaccine, this surveillance could detect which strains might not be covered by the vaccine. Almost 2 decades ago, studies demonstrated that 4 globally common rotavirus serotypes (G1-G4) represent >90% of the rotavirus strains in circulation. Subsequently, these 4 serotypes were used in the development of reassortant vaccines predicated on serotype-specific immunity. More recently, the application of reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction genotyping, nucleotide sequencing, and antigenic characterization methods has confirmed the importance of the 4 globally common types, but a much greater strain diversity has also been identified (we now recognize strains with at least 42 P-G combinations). These studies also identified globally (G9) or regionally (G5, G8, and P2A[6]) common serotype antigens not covered by the reassortant vaccines that have undergone efficacy trials. The enormous diversity and capacity of human rotaviruses for change suggest that rotavirus vaccines must provide good heterotypic protection to be optimally effective.
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- Jon R Gentsch
- Respiratory and Enteric Viruses Branch, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA.
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Santos N, Hoshino Y. Global distribution of rotavirus serotypes/genotypes and its implication for the development and implementation of an effective rotavirus vaccine. Rev Med Virol 2005; 15:29-56. [PMID: 15484186 DOI: 10.1002/rmv.448] [Citation(s) in RCA: 900] [Impact Index Per Article: 47.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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A safe and effective rotavirus vaccine is urgently needed, particularly in developing countries. Critical to vaccine development and implementation is a knowledge base concerning the epidemiology of rotavirus G and P serotypes/genotypes throughout the world. The temporal and geographical distribution of human rotavirus G and P types was reviewed by analysing a total of 45571 strains collected globally from 124 studies reported from 52 countries on five continents published between 1989 and 2004. Four common G types (G1, G2, G3 and G4) in conjunction with P[8] or P[4] represented over 88% of the strains analysed worldwide. In addition, serotype G9 viruses associated with P[8] or P[6] were shown to have emerged as the fourth globally important G type with the relative frequency of 4.1%. When the global G and/or P type distributions were divided into five continents/subcontinents, several characteristic features emerged. For example, the P[8]G1 represented over 70% of rotavirus infections in North America, Europe and Australia, but only about 30% of the infections in South America and Asia, and 23% in Africa. In addition, in Africa (i) the relative frequency of G8 was as high as that of the globally common G3 or G4, (ii) P[6] represented almost one-third of all P types identified and (iii) 27% of the infections were associated with rotavirus strains bearing unusual combinations such as P[6]G8 or P[4]G8. Furthermore, in South America, uncommon G5 virus appeared to increase its epidemiological importance among children with diarrhea. Such findings have (i) confirmed the importance of continued active rotavirus strain surveillance in a variety of geographical settings and (ii) provided important considerations for the development and implementation of an effective rotavirus vaccine (e.g. a geographical P-G type adjustment in the formulation of next generation multivalent vaccines).
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- Norma Santos
- Departamento de Virologia, Instituto de Microbiologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 21.941-590, Brazil.
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Bányai K, Gentsch JR, Griffin DD, Holmes JL, Glass RI, Szücs G. Genetic variability among serotype G6 human rotaviruses: identification of a novel lineage isolated in Hungary. J Med Virol 2003; 71:124-34. [PMID: 12858418 DOI: 10.1002/jmv.10462] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Rotavirus serotype G6 has been demonstrated to be a rare cause of gastroenteritis in man. To date, only a few well characterized strains have been described from Italy, Australia, and the United States. Nucleotide sequencing of G6 VP7 genes shows that these strains belong to two distinct G6 lineages, one for strains of serotype P11[14],G6 (PA169-like strains) and one for strains of serotype P3[9],G6 (PA151-like strains). In this study, we sequenced the VP7 genes and VP8* gene fragments of human rotavirus G6 strains detected in Hungary. Phylogenetic analysis demonstrated that the VP7 genes of Hungarian G6 strains fell into three lineages, represented by a single PA169-like strain, three PA151-like strains, and two novel G6 strains, respectively. The amino acid sequence identity of VP7 was 97.2-100% within each lineage and 92-93.9% between any two lineages. The sequence analysis of VP8* revealed that the single PA169-like Hungarian G6 strain belonged to genotype P[14] and was phylogenetically closely related to P11[14],G6 strains characterized previously. In contrast, the VP8* of PA151-like Hungarian G6 strains clustered in accordance with their VP7 genes representing genetically distinguishable variants of genotype P[9]. This finding raises the possibility that Hungarian genotype P[9],G6 strains might have been generated through independent reassortment events. Serotype G6-specific primers for each human G6 lineage were also developed. The use of these primers in reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction genotyping may help determine the epidemiological role of G6 strains in humans.
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- Krisztián Bányai
- Regional Laboratory of Virology, Baranya County Institute of State Public Health Service, Pécs, Hungary
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Laird AR, Ibarra V, Ruiz-Palacios G, Guerrero ML, Glass RI, Gentsch JR. Unexpected detection of animal VP7 genes among common rotavirus strains isolated from children in Mexico. J Clin Microbiol 2003; 41:4400-3. [PMID: 12958276 PMCID: PMC193830 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.41.9.4400-4403.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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In the course of characterizing 103 rotaviruses from children in Mexico, we found that the majority of strains were globally common types (55.4% of total), while uncommon types represented 5.7%, mixed infections with common types represented 14.8%, and partially or fully nontypeable isolates represented about 24%. Serotype G9 was detected for the first time in Mexico. We sequenced a subset of strains that were G nontypeable by reverse transcriptase PCR and found surprisingly that two strains having common human rotavirus P genotypes (8 and 6) had serotype G3 and G4 VP7 gene sequences that shared closer homology with canine and porcine strains, respectively, than with human strains, suggesting that these isolates represented reassortants between human and animal rotaviruses.
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- A R Laird
- Viral Gastroenteritis Section, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
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Palombo EA. Genetic analysis of Group A rotaviruses: evidence for interspecies transmission of rotavirus genes. Virus Genes 2003; 24:11-20. [PMID: 11928984 DOI: 10.1023/a:1014073618253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Rotaviruses are the major cause of severe gastroenteritis in young children and animals. The rotavirus genome is composed of eleven segments of double-stranded RNA and can undergo genetic reassortment during mixed infections, leading to progeny viruses with novel or atypical phenotypes. There are numerous descriptions of rotavirus strains isolated from human and animals that share genetic and antigenic features of viruses from heterologous species. In many cases, genetic analysis by hybridization has clearly demonstrated the genetic relatedness of gene segments to those from viruses isolated from different species. Together with the observation that some virus strains appear to have been transmitted to a different species as a whole genome constellation, these data suggest that interspecies transmission occurs naturally, albeit at low frequencies. Although interspecies transmission has not been documented directly, there is an increasing number of reports of atypical rotaviruses that are apparently derived from transmission between: humans, cats and dogs; humans and cattle; humans and pigs; pigs and cattle; and pigs and horses. Interspecies evolutionary relationships are supported by phylogenetic analysis of rotavirus genes from different species. The emergence of novel strains derived from interspecies transmission has implications for the design and implementation of successful human rotavirus vaccine strategies.
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- Enzo A Palombo
- School of Engineering and Science, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia.
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Martella V, Pratelli A, Elia G, Decaro N, Tempesta M, Buonavoglia C. Isolation and genetic characterization of two G3P5A[3] canine rotavirus strains in Italy. J Virol Methods 2001; 96:43-9. [PMID: 11516488 DOI: 10.1016/s0166-0934(01)00312-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Two strains of canine rotavirus were isolated from pups with clinical signs of gastroenteritis. Both strains were identified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) as G3P5A[3], although restriction endonuclease analysis of the PCR amplicons revealed a genetic difference between the two isolates in the VP7 gene. The isolation in Italy of canine rotaviruses displaying the same VP7 and VP4 specificities as in the USA and in Japan, suggests that the G3 and P5A[3] types are highly conserved among canine rotavirus strains.
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- V Martella
- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Animal Health and Wellbeing, University of Bari, Bari, Italy.
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Martella V, Pratelli A, Greco G, Gentile M, Fiorente P, Tempesta M, Buonavoglia C. Nucleotide sequence variation of the VP7 gene of two G3-type rotaviruses isolated from dogs. Virus Res 2001; 74:17-25. [PMID: 11226570 PMCID: PMC7127123 DOI: 10.1016/s0168-1702(00)00230-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The sequence of the VP7 gene of two rotaviruses isolated from dogs in southern Italy was determined and the inferred amino acid sequence was compared with that of other rotavirus strains. There was very high nucleotide and amino acid identity between canine strain RV198/95 and other canine strains, and to the human strain HCR3A. Strain RV52/96, however, was found to have about 95% identity to the G3 serotype canine strains K9, A79-10 and CU-1 and 96% identity to strain RV198/95 and to the simian strain RRV. Therefore both of the canine strains belong to the G3 serotype. Nevertheless, detailed analysis of the VP7 variable regions revealed that RV52/96 possesses amino acid substitutions uncommon to the other canine isolates. In addition, strain RV52/96 exhibited a nucleotide divergence greater than 16% from all the other canine strains studied; however, it revealed the closest identity (90.4%) to the simian strain RRV. With only a few exceptions, phylogenetic analysis allowed clear differentiation of the G3 rotaviruses on the basis of the species of origin. The nucleotide and amino acid variations observed in strain RV52/96 could account for the existence of a canine rotavirus G3 sub-type.
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- V Martella
- Department of Health and Animal Well-being, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari, St. p Casamassima Km 3, 70010 Valenzano, Bari, Italy.
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Baggi F, Peduzzi R. Genotyping of rotaviruses in environmental water and stool samples in Southern Switzerland by nucleotide sequence analysis of 189 base pairs at the 5' end of the VP7 gene. J Clin Microbiol 2000; 38:3681-5. [PMID: 11015383 PMCID: PMC87456 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.38.10.3681-3685.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/1999] [Accepted: 07/27/2000] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Stool specimens from children (<4 years old) with diarrhea were collected over a 1-year period in Ticino (southern region of Switzerland). During the same period, environmental samples were collected from surface waters in the proximity of major water treatment plants. From treatment plants, samples were collected from the raw sewage and before the release of the treated water. From rivers, samples were collected before and after receiving the treated waters. A single-step reverse transcription (RT)-PCR amplification of the entire VP7 gene from extracted double-stranded RNA was developed. For the water samples, a further nested PCR was necessary to increase sensitivity. All amplified viral products were sequenced, and the sequence profile was compared to that of the VP7 genes of human and animal rotaviruses from GenBank. Rotavirus strains are characterized by outer capsid proteins G (glycoprotein) and P (protease-cleaved protein). Correct G genotyping of viral sequences from stool and water samples was possible by analyzing only 189 bp at the 5' end of the VP7 gene. In the Ticino region, the most predominant G genotype among clinical and water samples was G1. Genotypes G2 and G4 were found only among clinical samples. We also detected rotavirus G1-type sequences in feces from a healthy adult. This finding corroborates the hypothesis that healthy adults act as potential reservoirs for the spread of rotavirus in the environment. In our experiments, this RT-PCR-based method for rotavirus genotyping has proven to be a useful tool for epidemiological investigations.
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- F Baggi
- Istituto Cantonale Batteriosierologico, Lugano, Switzerland.
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Griffin DD, Kirkwood CD, Parashar UD, Woods PA, Bresee JS, Glass RI, Gentsch JR. Surveillance of rotavirus strains in the United States: identification of unusual strains. The National Rotavirus Strain Surveillance System collaborating laboratories. J Clin Microbiol 2000; 38:2784-7. [PMID: 10878089 PMCID: PMC87033 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.38.7.2784-2787.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Rotavirus strains from 964 fecal specimens collected from children at 11 U.S. hospital laboratories from November 1997 to March 1998 and from samples collected at 12 laboratories from November 1998 to March 1999 were typed for G and P proteins. Serotype G1 was the predominant serotype in 1997-1998 (88%), followed by G2 (6.2%), G9 (3.3%), and G3 (1.5%). This pattern was similar to that seen in 1998-1999: G1 (79%), G2 (15%), G9 (3.0%), G4 (1.6%), and G3 (0.3%). Novel P[9] strains were identified in both seasons, and analysis of a 364-nucleotide fragment from gene segment 4 of one of the strains demonstrated 97.3% nucleotide identity with the prototype P3[9],G3 strain, AU1, isolated in Japan. This is the first report of a human AU1-like strain in the United States. These results reinforce our initial findings that serotype G9 persists in the United States but has not become a predominant strain and that the common serotypes G1 to G4 account for almost 90% of strains in circulation. Other uncommon strains exist in the United States but may have been overlooked before because of their low prevalence and the use of inadequate diagnostic tools.
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- D D Griffin
- Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA.
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Unicomb LE, Podder G, Gentsch JR, Woods PA, Hasan KZ, Faruque AS, Albert MJ, Glass RI. Evidence of high-frequency genomic reassortment of group A rotavirus strains in Bangladesh: emergence of type G9 in 1995. J Clin Microbiol 1999; 37:1885-91. [PMID: 10325342 PMCID: PMC84977 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.6.1885-1891.1999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 170] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/1998] [Accepted: 03/10/1999] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We characterized 1,534 rotavirus (RV) strains collected in Bangladesh from 1992 to 1997 to assess temporal changes in G type and to study the most common G and P types using reverse transcription-PCR, oligonucleotide probe hybridization, and monoclonal antibody-based enzyme immunoassay. Results from this study combined with our previous findings from 1987 to 1991 (F. Bingnan et al., J. Clin. Microbiol. 29:862-868, 1991, and L. E. Unicomb et al., Arch. Virol. 132:201-208, 1993) (n = 2,515 fecal specimens) demonstrated that the distribution of the four major G types varied from year to year, types G1 to G4 constituted 51% of all strains tested (n = 1,364), and type G4 was the most prevalent type (22%), followed by type G2 (17%). Of 351 strains tested for both G and P types, three globally common types, type P[8], G1, type P[4], G2, and type P[8], G4, comprised 45% (n = 159) of the strains, although eight other strains were circulating during the study period. Mixed G and/or P types were found in 23% (n = 79) of the samples tested. Type G9 RVs that were genotype P[6] and P[8] with both long and short electrophoretic patterns emerged in 1995. The finding of five different genotypes among G9 strains, of which three were frequently detected, suggests that they may have an unusual propensity for reassortment that exceeds that found among the common G types. We also detected antigenic changes in serotypes G2 and G4 over time, as indicated by the loss of reactivity with standard typing monoclonal antibodies. Our data suggest that a vaccine must provide protection against type G9 RVs as well as against the four major G types because G9 strains constituted 16% (n = 56) of the typeable RV strains and have predominated since 1996.
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- L E Unicomb
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Santos N, Clark HF, Hoshino Y, Gouvea V. Relationship among serotype G3P5A rotavirus strains isolated from different host species. Mol Cell Probes 1998; 12:379-86. [PMID: 9843655 DOI: 10.1006/mcpr.1998.0198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The relationship among G3P5A rotavirus strains was analysed by restriction endonuclease assay of the VP4, VP6 and VP7 encoding genes, neutralization assay and phylogenetic analysis. The restriction patterns of the capsid encoding genes were species specific allowing the differentiation among the strains of different origin. The VP7 profiles differentiated human from animal strains more efficiently. The phylogenetic analysis of the VP4 gene demonstrated that HCR3A and K9 are closer related to each other than to other P5A strains. The same occurs to strains Ro1845 and Cat 97. The CU-1 virus appears to be an ancestor of the P5A strains by neutralization and phylogenetic analysis. The results placed the RRV strain definitely in a separate VP4 serotype and genotype from that of P5A strains. Restriction endonuclease assay of the capsid encoding genes seems to be a useful tool to identify the host species of rotavirus strains belonging to the same serotype and/or genotype.
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- N Santos
- Departamento de Virologia, Instituto de Microbiologia, RJ, 21941-590, Brazil.
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Alfieri AA, Leite JP, Nakagomi O, Kaga E, Woods PA, Glass RI, Gentsch JR. Characterization of human rotavirus genotype P[8]G5 from Brazil by probe-hybridization and sequence. Arch Virol 1998; 141:2353-64. [PMID: 9526542 DOI: 10.1007/bf01718636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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We report the molecular characterization of rotavirus genotype P[8]G5 strains found in fecal specimens collected in four different regions of Brazil, using digoxigenin(dig)-labeled oligonucleotide probes, sequence analysis, and RNA-RNA hybridization. The closest sequence relationships of the neutralization antigens of these strains were to the VP4 protein of P1A[8]G1 strain KU (93.3% identity in amino acids 11 to 282) and to the VP7 protein of G serotype 5 strain OSU (87.6% identity in amino acids 8 to 232). Based on VP7 sequence differences, we designed dig-probes that allowed us to discriminate porcine OSU-like strains from G5 strains isolated from Brazilian infants. The genetic relationships of two P[8]G5 isolates to other rotavirus genogroups were analyzed by RNA-RNA hybridization with [32P]-GTP probes representative of serotypes P1A[8]G1 (Wa), P[8]G3 (AU17), and P9[7]G5 (OSU). The Brazilian P[8]G5 strains showed sequence homology with genes of Wa-like and OSU-like strains, suggesting that these two strains were naturally occurring reassortants between members of the Wa and porcine rotavirus genogroups. The identification of these strains in diverse geographic areas of Brazil underscores their stability and demonstrates the emergence of clinically important rotavirus diarrhea strains by reassortment.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Antigens, Viral/genetics
- Antigens, Viral/immunology
- Brazil/epidemiology
- Capsid/genetics
- Capsid/immunology
- Capsid Proteins
- Cells, Cultured
- Child, Preschool
- Feces/virology
- Genes, Viral
- Humans
- Infant
- Infant, Newborn
- Molecular Epidemiology
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Nucleic Acid Hybridization
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- RNA, Viral/analysis
- RNA, Viral/genetics
- Rotavirus/genetics
- Rotavirus Infections/epidemiology
- Rotavirus Infections/genetics
- Sequence Alignment
- Sequence Analysis, RNA
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
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- A A Alfieri
- Laboratory of Animal Virology, Londrina State University, Brazil
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Li B, Koch WH, Cebula TA. Detection and characterization of the fimA gene of Escherichia coli O157:H7. Mol Cell Probes 1997; 11:397-406. [PMID: 9500807 DOI: 10.1006/mcpr.1997.0132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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An expected 850-bp DNA fragment containing fimA, the structural gene for type 1 fimbriae, and flanking sequences was amplified from 39 (of 46) pathogenic and commensal strains of Escherichia coli using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis of the amplified products showed 13 HinP1 and four Sau961 restriction profiles among these 39 E. coli strains, revealing the polymorphic nature of this allele. A unique RFLP pattern was shared by E. coli O157:H7, O157:H- and a few O55 serotype strains. DNA sequence analysis of the fimA region demonstrated that E. coli O157:H7 strain 933 and O157:H- strain E32511 contained identical DNA sequences that were distinct from other E. coli strains, especially a 16-bp sequence 5' to fimA that was conspicuously absent only in E. coli O157 strains. Exploiting these differences, a PCR assay was developed that amplifies a 936-bp fragment from all E. coli O157:H7 strains examined to date. This PCR assay offers a simple, rapid, and reliable means to detect E. coli strains of the O157:H7 serotype.
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- B Li
- Molecular Biology Branch, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Washington, DC 20204, USA
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Husain M, Seth P, Dar L, Broor S. Classification of rotavirus into G and P types with specimens from children with acute diarrhea in New Delhi, India. J Clin Microbiol 1996; 34:1592-4. [PMID: 8735130 PMCID: PMC229074 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.6.1592-1594.1996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Sixty rotavirus-positive stool specimens from children with diarrhea were classified into G and P genotypes. G typing was done by PCR and then by hybridization with G type-specific (G1 to G4) oligonucleotide probes, whereas nested PCR was performed for P typing. Thirty-nine samples could be classified into both G and P types, of which P8G1 and P4G2 (33% each) genotypes were predominant. The P6 genotype was detected in four children with diarrhea.
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- M Husain
- Department of Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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Silberstein I, Shulman LM, Mendelson E, Shif I. Distribution of both rotavirus VP4 genotypes and VP7 serotypes among hospitalized and nonhospitalized Israeli children. J Clin Microbiol 1995; 33:1421-2. [PMID: 7615771 PMCID: PMC228184 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.33.5.1421-1422.1995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Human rotaviruses belonging to genotype P9, of probable feline origin, which included both G3 and G1 serotypes, were detected in 3.8% of children shedding rotaviruses who attended sick fund clinics throughout Israel. None were detected in children admitted to hospitals because of severe diarrhea. In contrast, the relative prevalences of genotypes P8 and P4 were similar between the two groups.
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- I Silberstein
- Central Virology Laboratory, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel
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Shirane K, Nakagomi O. Interspecies transmission of animal rotaviruses to humans as evidenced by phylogenetic analysis of the hypervariable region of the VP4 protein. Microbiol Immunol 1994; 38:823-6. [PMID: 7869963 DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1994.tb01865.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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A phylogenetic tree constructed for the hypervariable region (aa 71-203) of the VP4 protein of 28 human and animal rotaviruses that were previously reported to belong to 13 distinct VP4 genotypes revealed unique positions of human rotavirus strains HCR3 and Ro1845, together with feline strain FRV64 and canine strains K9 and CU-1, in the animal rotavirus lineages, lending strong support to the view that both HCR3 and Ro1845 were of animal rotavirus origin.
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- K Shirane
- Department of Microbiology, Akita University School of Medicine, Japan
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Timenetsky MDC, Santos N, Gouvea V. Survey of rotavirus G and P types associated with human gastroenteritis in São Paulo, Brazil, from 1986 to 1992. J Clin Microbiol 1994; 32:2622-4. [PMID: 7814514 PMCID: PMC264121 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.32.10.2622-2624.1994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Rotavirus strains causing gastroenteritis in Brazilian children were characterized by PCR-based typing assays. In addition to strains bearing the major human G and P types, large numbers of strains bearing P3 (M37-like), P6 (HCR3-like), untypeable P and G types, and complex mixtures of P and G types not previously recognized were present in the community.
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- M do C Timenetsky
- Division of Molecular Biological Research and Evaluation, Food and Drug Administration, Washington, D.C. 20204
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Wu H, Taniguchi K, Wakasugi F, Ukae S, Chiba S, Ohseto M, Hasegawa A, Urasawa T, Urasawa S. Survey on the distribution of the gene 4 alleles of human rotaviruses by polymerase chain reaction. Epidemiol Infect 1994; 112:615-22. [PMID: 8005227 PMCID: PMC2271515 DOI: 10.1017/s0950268800051311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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The presence of six gene 4 alleles (or VP4 genotypes) in human rotaviruses has been recognized. Using 16 representative cultivable human rotavirus strains, we confirmed the specificity of VP4 genotyping by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) using the nested oligonucleotides specific to each of the four representative gene 4 alleles. Using the PCR, we surveyed the gene 4 alleles of 199 human rotaviruses in stools collected in Japan and Thailand. Strains with the gene 4 allele, corresponding to P1A serotype, were shown to be the most prevalent, but two strains with P2 gene 4 allele and one strain with P3 gene 4 allele were detected in Thailand and in Japan, respectively.
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- H Wu
- Department of Hygiene, School of Medicine, Sapporo Medical University, Japan
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Gouvea V, Santos N, Timenetsky MDC. VP4 typing of bovine and porcine group A rotaviruses by PCR. J Clin Microbiol 1994; 32:1333-7. [PMID: 8051262 PMCID: PMC263688 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.32.5.1333-1337.1994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 130] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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A PCR typing assay was developed to identify rotavirus P types (VP4 specificity) of bovine NCDV, UK, and B223 strains and porcine OSU and Gottfried strains. Thirty-nine human and animal strains representing all known, and some undefined, rotavirus P types were used to develop and evaluate the specificity of the method. No cross-amplification was observed. The PCR results agreed with previous characterizations by monoclonal antibodies, sequence analysis, and hybridization assays, except for the Gottfried strain, which showed a P type distinct from the human asymptomatic strains. Analysis of a small number of field specimens suggested a high level of VP4 polymorphism among porcine strains. The assay should be of value in typing field isolates and tracing interspecies infections.
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- V Gouvea
- Division of Molecular Biological Research and Evaluation, Food and Drug Administration, Washington, D.C. 20204
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- Y Hoshino
- Epidemiology Section, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892
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Santos N, Riepenhoff-Talty M, Clark HF, Offit P, Gouvea V. VP4 genotyping of human rotavirus in the United States. J Clin Microbiol 1994; 32:205-8. [PMID: 8126181 PMCID: PMC262997 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.32.1.205-208.1994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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The VP4 (P) and VP7 (G) types of 171 rotavirus isolates obtained from children with diarrhea in the United States were characterized by PCR typing assays. Strains P1G1 predominated (71%); this was followed by strains P1G3 (20%) and P2G2 and P1G4 (2% each). Mixed types were identified in five (3%) specimens. Two (1%) strains bearing the P3 genotype (P3G1 and P3G2) were found in children with severe dehydrating diarrhea, although the P3 genotype has been regarded as a possible marker for virus attenuation.
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- N Santos
- Division of Molecular Biological Research and Evaluation, Food and Drug Administration, Washington, DC 20204
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