title: Rotavirus gastroenteritis and central nervous system (CNS) infection: characterization of the VP7 and VP4 genes of rotavirus strains isolated from paired fecal and cerebrospinal fluid samples from a child with CNS disease.
abstract: Rotavirus RNA was detected in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of a child with central nervous system disease symptoms associated with rotavirus gastroenteritis. The rotavirus isolates from the fecal and CSF samples were genotyped as G1P[8]. Sequence analysis of the VP7 and VP4 proteins derived from the fecal and CSF samples were remarkably similar to each other and to G1P[8] rotavirus strains commonly circulating in the community and associated with gastroenteritis.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Microbiology and Public Health Laboratory, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Iturriza-Gómara
authors.forename: I A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Auchterlonie
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zaw
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Molyneaux
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Desselberger
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gray
mesh_terms: D000956:Antigens, Viral; D036022:Capsid Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D020805:Central Nervous System Viral Diseases / Q000821:virology*; D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid / Q000821:virology; D005243:Feces / Q000821:virology; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000821:virology*; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012401:Rotavirus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012400:Rotavirus Infections / Q000821:virology; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D000956:Antigens, Viral; D036022:Capsid Proteins; C060339:VP4 protein, Rotavirus; C050779:VP7 protein, Rotavirus