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.
Sanekata
Takeshi
T
Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University, Tottori 680-8553, Japan. sanekata@muses.tottori-u.ac.jp
Ahmed
Muzahed Uddin
MU
Kader
Abdul
A
Taniguchi
Koki
K
Kobayashi
Nobumichi
N
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