title: First detection of group C rotavirus in patients with gastroenteritis in Slovenia.
abstract: Group C rotaviruses are associated with sporadic gastroenteritis and outbreaks of diarrhea in children and adults worldwide. Three cases with group C rotavirus infection are described, and the molecular characterization of the gene for the major capsid protein VP6 is reported. Patients described in this report were 10 years old or more and had mild to moderate clinical symptoms. A high nucleotide (>98%) and amino acid (100%) identity was observed among all three isolated Slovenian group C rotavirus strains. The similar identity is confirmed of Slovenian strains with other human group C rotavirus isolates, which were seen to cluster separately from the animal group C rotavirus isolates by a phylogenetic analysis. This is the first report of group C rotavirus detection in Slovenia.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia. andrej.steyer@mf.uni-lj.si
authors.forename: Andrej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Steyer
authors.forename: Mateja
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Poljsak-Prijatelj
authors.forename: Tatjana
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bufon
authors.forename: Marjeta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sedmak
authors.forename: Ludvik
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vidmar
authors.forename: Janet Zimsek
authors.initials: JZ
authors.lastname: Mijovski
authors.forename: Jozica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Marin
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D036022:Capsid Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D002648:Child; D005243:Feces / Q000821:virology; D005260:Female; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012401:Rotavirus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D012400:Rotavirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D017524:Slovenia / Q000453:epidemiology; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D000956:Antigens, Viral; D036022:Capsid Proteins; C061332:VP6 protein, Rotavirus