Rotavirus genotype G4P[8] and enteric adenovirus in HIV-positive patients with and without diarrhoea in São Paulo State, Brazil.
The present study was carried out in order to identify rotavirus and enteric adenovirus in HIV-positive patients with and without diarrhoea, collected in a pre- and early highly active antiretroviral therapy era. Rotavirus was detected in 2.5% (3/118) and adenovirus in 14.4% (17/118) of the samples from patients without diarrhoea. In the patients with diarrhoea, rotavirus was identified in 1.5% (2/133) and adenovirus in 7.5% (10/133). These findings suggest no increased frequency of virus excretion in HIV-infected patients with diarrhoea. The genotype G4P[8] was characterized in all positive rotavirus samples, and this is the first report of rotavirus molecular characterization in HIV-positive patients in Brazil.
Morillo
Simone G
SG
Instituto Adolfo Lutz, Serviço de Virologia, Laboratório de Vírus Entéricos, Av. Dr Arnaldo, no. 355, São Paulo, SP, 01246-902, Brazil. sgmorillo@gmail.com
Luchs
Adriana
A
Cilli
Audrey
A
Carmona
Rita C C
RC
Neme
Suzel N
SN
Timenetsky
Maria C S T
MC
D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections; D000256:Adenoviridae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000257:Adenoviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000821:virology; D005243:Feces / Q000821:virology; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D012401:Rotavirus / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012400:Rotavirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*