Human group B rotavirus infections cause severe diarrhea in children and adults in Bangladesh.
Human group B rotavirus was detected in 12 of 220 adult patients and 2 of 67 child patients with severe diarrhea in Bangladesh. Group B rotavirus may be virulent in both adults and children, and the virus may be an especially serious diarrheal agent in Bangladesh.
Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University, Tottori 680-8553, Japan. sanekata@muses.tottori-u.ac.jp
Takeshi
T
Sanekata
Muzahed Uddin
MU
Ahmed
Abdul
A
Kader
Koki
K
Taniguchi
Nobumichi
N
Kobayashi
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001459:Bangladesh / Q000453:epidemiology; D001483:Base Sequence; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D005260:Female; D005814:Genes, Viral; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012401:Rotavirus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D012400:Rotavirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D017361:Viral Nonstructural Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D014774:Virulence / Q000235:genetics
D004279:DNA, Viral; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins; D017361:Viral Nonstructural Proteins; C079234:NS35 protein, rotavirus