Relative frequency of VP4 gene alleles among human rotaviruses recovered over a 10-year period (1982-1991) from Japanese children with diarrhea

S Gunasena; O Nakagomi; Y Isegawa; E Kaga; T Nakagomi; A D Steele; J Flores; S Ueda

doi:10.1128/jcm.31.8.2195-2197.1993

Relative frequency of VP4 gene alleles among human rotaviruses recovered over a 10-year period (1982-1991) from Japanese children with diarrhea

J Clin Microbiol. 1993 Aug;31(8):2195-7. doi: 10.1128/jcm.31.8.2195-2197.1993.

Authors

S Gunasena¹, O Nakagomi, Y Isegawa, E Kaga, T Nakagomi, A D Steele, J Flores, S Ueda

Affiliation

¹ Department of Preventive Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Japan.

Abstract

The relative frequencies of the Wa (corresponding to serotype P1A), DS-1(P1B), M37(P2), and AU-1(P3) alleles of the VP4 gene from rotaviruses collected from the stools of individuals in Japan between 1982 and 1991 were determined to be 83.1, 15.6, 0, and 1.3%, respectively, by a polymerase chain reaction-based typing assay.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Alleles
Base Sequence
Capsid / genetics*
Capsid Proteins*
Child
Diarrhea / microbiology*
Gene Frequency
Genes, Viral*
Humans
Molecular Sequence Data
Rotavirus / genetics*
Rotavirus Infections / microbiology*
Time Factors

Substances

Capsid Proteins
VP4 protein, Rotavirus