Group B rotavirus infection in patients with acute gastroenteritis from India: 1994-1995 and 2004-2010.

ABSTRACT: Faecal specimens collected from 2101 patients with acute gastroenteritis from three cities (Pune, Alappuzha, Belgaum) in India during 1994-1995 and 2004-2010 were tested for group B rotavirus (RVB) by amplification of the NSP2 gene using RT-PCR. Seventy-five (3.6%) specimens were shown to contain RVB RNA. The positivity rate in Pune, Alappuzha and Belgaum was 4.1%, 7.3% and 4.1%, respectively, in the 2000s which was not significantly different from the detection rate in the 1990s in Pune (2.5%, P>0.05). RVB infections prevailed in adolescents and adults (62/1082, 5.7%) compared to children (13/1019, 1.3%, P<0.001) and were detected throughout the year. Phylogenetically, all strains clustered in an NSP2 lineage together with Indian-Bangladeshi RVB strains belonging to VP7 genotype G2. The s

SUBMITTER: Lahon A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9151812 | biostudies-literature | 2013 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature