Rare AU-1-like G3P[9] human rotaviruses with a Kun-like NSP4 gene detected in children with diarrhea in Italy

J Clin Microbiol. 2008 Jan;46(1):357-60. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01593-07. Epub 2007 Dec 6.

Abstract

Three G3P[9] rotaviruses, detected in children hospitalized with gastroenteritis in Palermo, Italy, were found to be genetically related to strains of either human or feline origin in the VP7, VP4, and VP6 genes. In contrast, in the NSP4 gene the viruses resembled G2P[4] human strains, suggesting a reassortment between AU-1-like and Kun-like strains.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Diarrhea / epidemiology
  • Diarrhea / virology*
  • Humans
  • Italy / epidemiology
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Phylogeny
  • Rotavirus / classification*
  • Rotavirus / genetics*
  • Rotavirus / isolation & purification
  • Rotavirus Infections / epidemiology
  • Rotavirus Infections / virology*
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Sequence Homology
  • Viral Nonstructural Proteins / genetics*
  • Viral Structural Proteins / genetics*

Substances

  • Viral Nonstructural Proteins
  • Viral Structural Proteins

Associated data

  • GENBANK/EU076905
  • GENBANK/EU076906
  • GENBANK/EU076907
  • GENBANK/EU076908
  • GENBANK/EU076909
  • GENBANK/EU076910
  • GENBANK/EU076911
  • GENBANK/EU076912
  • GENBANK/EU076913
  • GENBANK/EU076914
  • GENBANK/EU076915
  • GENBANK/EU076916