Canine-origin G3P[3] rotavirus strain in child with acute gastroenteritis.
Infection by an animal-like strain of rotavirus (PA260/97) was diagnosed in a child with gastroenteritis in Palermo, Italy, in 1997. Sequence analysis of VP7, VP4, VP6, and NSP4 genes showed resemblance to a G3P[3] canine strain identified in Italy in 1996. Dogs are a potential source of human viral pathogens.
De Grazia
Simona
S
University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
Martella
Vito
V
Giammanco
Giovanni M
GM
Gòmara
Miren Iturriza
MI
Ramirez
Stefania
S
Cascio
Antonio
A
Colomba
Claudia
C
Arista
Serenella
S
D000208:Acute Disease; D000818:Animals; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004197:Disease Reservoirs / Q000662:veterinary / Q000821:virology; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000635:transmission* / Q000821:virology; D004285:Dogs; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000821:virology*; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D010802:Phylogeny; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D012401:Rotavirus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012400:Rotavirus Infections / Q000635:transmission* / Q000662:veterinary / Q000821:virology; D017385:Sequence Homology; D013045:Species Specificity; D015047:Zoonoses