title: Identification of lineage III of G12 rotavirus strains in diarrheic children in the Northern Region of Brazil between 2008 and 2010.
abstract: This study reports on the surveillance for rotavirus genotypes and the identification of G12 human rotavirus in the Northern Region of Brazil. Rotavirus-positive samples were collected from children <5 years of age with acute diarrhea from January 2008 to October 2010. G2P[4] was the most prevalent genotype, accounting for 45.6% (126/303) of cases. Five rotavirus strains bearing G12P[6] genotype specificity were detected. Phylogenetic analysis of the VP7 gene showed that G12 strains clustered into lineage III. This is the first detection of G12 strains from lineage III in Latin America, broadening the current evidence for the worldwide emergence of this genotype.
authors.affiliation: Seção de Virologia, Instituto Evandro Chagas, Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde, Ministério da Saúde, Rodovia BR 316-KM 07, S/N, Levilândia, 67.030-000 Ananindeua, Pará, Brasil. luanasoares@iec.pa.gov.br
authors.forename: Luana da Silva
authors.initials: Lda S
authors.lastname: Soares
authors.forename: Patrícia dos Santos
authors.initials: Pdos S
authors.lastname: Lobo
authors.forename: Joana D'Arc Pereira
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Mascarenhas
authors.forename: Darivaldo Luz
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Neri
authors.forename: Sylvia de Fátima dos Santos
authors.initials: Sde F
authors.lastname: Guerra
authors.forename: Alessilva do Socorro Lima
authors.initials: Ado S
authors.lastname: de Oliveira
authors.forename: Régis Piloni
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Maestri
authors.forename: Darleise de Souza
authors.initials: Dde S
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.forename: Euzeni Maria de Fátima Costa
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: de Menezes
authors.forename: Alexandre da Costa
authors.initials: Ada C
authors.lastname: Linhares
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D005260:Female; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012401:Rotavirus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012400:Rotavirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*