title: Genetic variation in the VP7 gene of human rotavirus isolated in Montevideo-Uruguay from 1996-1999.
abstract: The gene encoding the protein VP7 that induces the major neutralizing response has been sequenced from 34 human rotaviruses isolated from children with acute diarrhea in Montevideo (Uruguay) over a 4-year period (1996-1999). These sequences were analyzed and compared to representative corresponding sequences available on databases. In most years, serotype G1 was present as the single serotype, except in 1999 when serotypes G1 and G4 were present simultaneously. Two G1 VP7 lineages were identified. Serotype G2 was present in 1997. The G4 isolates are grouped with Argentine strains and emerged during 1998 in a recently defined sublineage. Neither serotype G3 nor the emerging serotype G9 were isolated during the study. Antigenic domains of isolates and of representative reference strains of each serotype were compared. Sequences of strains isolated during the same year, showed a high degree of homology among strains belonging to the same serotype.
authors.affiliation: UMR CNRS-INRA Virologie Moléculaire et Structurale, 1 Avenue de la Terrasse, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France. mabber@fcien.edu.uy
authors.forename: Mabel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Berois
authors.forename: Sonia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Libersou
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Russi
authors.forename: Juan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Arbiza
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cohen
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000956:Antigens, Viral; D036022:Capsid Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D014644:Genetic Variation; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012401:Rotavirus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012400:Rotavirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014583:Uruguay / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D000956:Antigens, Viral; D036022:Capsid Proteins; C050779:VP7 protein, Rotavirus