Canine-origin G3P[3] rotavirus strain in child with acute gastroenteritis

Emerg Infect Dis. 2007 Jul;13(7):1091-3. doi: 10.3201/eid1307.070239.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Animals
  • Child, Preschool
  • Disease Reservoirs / veterinary
  • Disease Reservoirs / virology
  • Dog Diseases / transmission*
  • Dog Diseases / virology
  • Dogs
  • Gastroenteritis / virology*
  • Genotype
  • Humans
  • Phylogeny
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods
  • Rotavirus / classification
  • Rotavirus / genetics*
  • Rotavirus / isolation & purification
  • Rotavirus Infections / transmission*
  • Rotavirus Infections / veterinary
  • Rotavirus Infections / virology
  • Sequence Homology
  • Species Specificity
  • Zoonoses*