Assessment of the Epidemic Potential of a New Strain of Rotavirus Associated with the Novel G9 Serotype Which Caused an Outbreak in the United States for the First Time in the 1995-1996 Season
Assessment of the Epidemic Potential of a New Strain of Rotavirus Associated with the Novel G9 Serotype Which Caused an Outbreak in the United States for the First Time in the 1995-1996 Season
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1995-1996年季节在美国首次爆发的与新型G9血清型相关的轮状病毒新株的流行潜力评估
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发表时间:
2004
影响因子:
9.4
通讯作者:
J. Gentsch
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作者:
H. Clark;D. Lawley;A. Schaffer;Janice M Patacsil;A. Marcello;R. Glass;Vivek Jain;J. Gentsch
ABSTRACT Rotavirus causes severe morbidity in developed countries and frequent deaths (≥500,000 per year) in less-developed countries. Historically, four serotypes—G1, G2, G3, and G4—have predominated; they are distinguished by one of two surface neutralization antigens (VP7). However, in 1983 and 1984 we described a new rotavirus serotype, designated G9, in five children hospitalized for diarrhea in Philadelphia, Pa. G9 rotavirus was not identified again in the Western Hemisphere until it caused ca. 50% of the rotavirus disease detected in Philadelphia in the 1995-1996 season. This outbreak allowed us to question whether a rotavirus strain completely new to a well-studied community would target either very young infants or older children, cause especially severe disease, or completely displace previously extant serotypes. We observed a significant excess of G9 infections in younger infants (especially in those <6 months old) that might be attributed to the lack of G9-specific antibodies in mothers. Of further note, six of the seven oldest patients with rotavirus diarrhea were infected with the G9 strains (not significant). However, the age distribution of children with rotavirus did not differ over a 5-year study period regardless of the infecting serotype. Patients with diarrhea associated with G9 strains did not have disease more severe than that caused by the G1, G2, or G3 serotype. G9 strains did not displace the other serotypes but were virtually completely replaced by G1 or G2 serotypes in the three subsequent rotavirus seasons. We conclude that the abrupt appearance of this novel rotavirus serotype did not present a special threat to public health in the community.
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-7091-6553-9_20
发表时间:
1996
期刊:
Archives of virology. Supplementum
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作者:
Clark,HF;Offit,PA;Ellis,RW;Krah,D;Shaw,AR;Eiden,JJ;Pichichero,M;Treanor,JJ
通讯作者:
Treanor,JJ
影响因子:
5
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Santos,Norma;Volotao,EduardoM;Soares,CarolineC;Albuquerque,MariaCarolinaM;daSilva,FabianoM;Chizhikov,Vladimir;Hoshino,Yasutaka
通讯作者:
Hoshino,Yasutaka