First detection of group C rotavirus in patients with gastroenteritis in Slovenia

J Med Virol. 2006 Sep;78(9):1250-5. doi: 10.1002/jmv.20687.

Abstract

Group C rotaviruses are associated with sporadic gastroenteritis and outbreaks of diarrhea in children and adults worldwide. Three cases with group C rotavirus infection are described, and the molecular characterization of the gene for the major capsid protein VP6 is reported. Patients described in this report were 10 years old or more and had mild to moderate clinical symptoms. A high nucleotide (>98%) and amino acid (100%) identity was observed among all three isolated Slovenian group C rotavirus strains. The similar identity is confirmed of Slovenian strains with other human group C rotavirus isolates, which were seen to cluster separately from the animal group C rotavirus isolates by a phylogenetic analysis. This is the first report of group C rotavirus detection in Slovenia.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Antigens, Viral / genetics
  • Capsid Proteins / genetics
  • Child
  • Feces / virology
  • Female
  • Gastroenteritis / epidemiology*
  • Gastroenteritis / virology
  • Humans
  • Molecular Epidemiology
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Phylogeny
  • Rotavirus / classification
  • Rotavirus / genetics*
  • Rotavirus Infections / epidemiology*
  • Rotavirus Infections / virology
  • Slovenia / epidemiology
  • Species Specificity

Substances

  • Antigens, Viral
  • Capsid Proteins
  • VP6 protein, Rotavirus

Associated data

  • GENBANK/DQ439863
  • GENBANK/DQ439864
  • GENBANK/DQ439865