Epidemiology of rotavirus serotypes in Melbourne, Australia, from 1973 to 1989.
AUTOR(ES)
Bishop, R F
RESUMO
Fecal rotavirus strains collected between 1973 and 1989 from 943 children admitted with acute diarrhea to one hospital in Melbourne, Australia, were serotyped by using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. The assay incorporated neutralizing monoclonal antibodies specific for VP7 of the four major human serotypes (1 through 4). A serotype could be assigned to 690 of 943 specimens (73.2%). Typeable strains comprised serotype 1 (72.5%), serotype 2 (6.8%), serotype 3 (2.9%), or serotype 4 (15.4%). Monotypes 1a and 1c comprised 52 and 44%, respectively, of serotype 1 strains. All serotypes and monotypes exhibited polymorphic genomic RNAs. Specimens reacting as mixed serotypes were rare (3.2%) and included intertypic strains (0.7%) and mixed infections (1.0%). Nontypeable strains for which an electropherotype could be determined appeared to be identical with typeable strains present concurrently in the community. Serotypes exhibited various epidemiological patterns. Serotype 1 strains were dominant except during three successive winters when 60 to 90% of the disease was caused by serotype 2. Serotype 4 strains showed an episodic pattern of appearance, recurring at peak incidence approximately every 3 years. Fecal rotavirus strains collected from 145 newborn babies housed in Melbourne obstetric hospitals between 1974 and 1986 were also serotyped. All 135 typeable strains (93.1%) belonged to serotype 3. It is hypothesized that endemic infection with serotype 3 rotaviruses in nurseries for the newborn influenced the epidemiology of rotavirus serotypes responsible for severe clinical disease in young children in the same community.
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