Group A human rotavirus strains belonging to the unusual serotype G9 were detected in stool specimens from infected children with acute diarrhoea in the Policlinico Hospital, Bari, Italy, during a 15- month-survey from March 2001 to Jun 2002. A total of 17 strains out of 30 were characterised as G9, with the other strains being G1. By molecular characterisation of the VP4, all the strains were typed as P[8]. The high number of rotaviruses with the G9 VP7 allele detected in the hospital (about 56% of the samples analysed) may signify a local re-emergence of the G9 rotaviruses detected in Italy in the early and mid 1990s or may be related to the global emergence of G9 rotaviruses occurring throughout the world in recent years.
Diarrea infantile da rotavirus: identificazione di rotavirus appartenenti al sierotipo emergente G9 in Puglia
MARTELLA, Vito;TERIO, VALENTINA;ELIA, Gabriella;CORRENTE M. L.;BOZZO, GIANCARLO;
2003-01-01
Abstract
Group A human rotavirus strains belonging to the unusual serotype G9 were detected in stool specimens from infected children with acute diarrhoea in the Policlinico Hospital, Bari, Italy, during a 15- month-survey from March 2001 to Jun 2002. A total of 17 strains out of 30 were characterised as G9, with the other strains being G1. By molecular characterisation of the VP4, all the strains were typed as P[8]. The high number of rotaviruses with the G9 VP7 allele detected in the hospital (about 56% of the samples analysed) may signify a local re-emergence of the G9 rotaviruses detected in Italy in the early and mid 1990s or may be related to the global emergence of G9 rotaviruses occurring throughout the world in recent years.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
