Characterization by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay using subgroup- and serotype-specific monoclonal antibodies of human rotavirus obtained from diarrheic patients in Bangladesh.

AUTOR(ES)

Ahmed, M U

RESUMO

By enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay with group A-, subgroup-, and serotype-specific monoclonal antibodies (MAbs), we tested 414 stool specimens collected from pediatric and adult patients hospitalized with acute gastroenteritis between January and June 1988. Of 414 specimens tested, 124 (30%) were positive for group A rotavirus. The subgroup was determined in 110 specimens (88.7%); 16.1% were subgroup I, and 72.6% were subgroup II. Two specimens reacted with both subgroup I- and subgroup II-specific MAbs. Serotype determinations showed that serotype 1 (38.4%) was predominant over serotypes 2 (28.2%), 3 (2.5%), and 4 (23%). Three specimens reacted with more than one serotype-specific MAb. While the frequency of serotype 1 was highest in the two hospitals in Mymensingh, serotype 2 was most prevalent in one hospital in Dhaka. All human rotavirus strains with subgroup I and serotype 2 specificities showed a short electropherotype, and all but one strain with subgroup II and serotype 1, 3, or 4 specificities exhibited a long electropherotype.

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