Detection of group C rotaviruses in Tokyo

J Med Virol. 1989 Apr;27(4):299-303. doi: 10.1002/jmv.1890270408.

Abstract

Four human group C rotaviruses were detected in Tokyo in 1987 and 1988 during a survey over 7 years. Among the four rotaviruses, two electrophoretic patterns were indicated by polyacrylamide gel electrophoretic (PAGE) analyses. Clinical symptoms, signs, family history, and patients' ages varied. Group C rotaviruses were found also in other parts of Japan in 1988. It was suspected that group C rotaviruses would continue to spread throughout Japan within the near future.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Blotting, Western
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Data Collection
  • Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
  • Feces / microbiology
  • Female
  • Gastroenteritis / microbiology*
  • Humans
  • Immunoenzyme Techniques
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Male
  • RNA, Viral / analysis
  • RNA, Viral / isolation & purification
  • Rotavirus / classification
  • Rotavirus / genetics
  • Rotavirus / isolation & purification*
  • Rotavirus / ultrastructure
  • Rotavirus Infections / diagnosis
  • Rotavirus Infections / epidemiology*
  • Rotavirus Infections / microbiology*
  • Serologic Tests
  • Serotyping
  • Tokyo
  • Viral Proteins / analysis
  • Viral Proteins / immunology

Substances

  • RNA, Viral
  • Viral Proteins