Author/Editor		Steyer, Andrej; Poljšak-Prijatelj, Mateja; Bufon, Tatjana; Sedmak, Marjeta; Vidmar, Ludvik; Zimšek-Mijovski, Janet; Marin, Jožica
Title		First detection of group C rotavirus in patients with gastroenteritis in Slovenia
Type		članek
Source		J Med Virol
Vol. and No.		Letnik 78
Publication year		2006
Volume		str. 1250-5
Language		eng
Abstract		Group C rotaviruses are associated with sporadic gastroenteritis and outbreaks of diarrhea in children and adults worldwide. Three cases with group C rotavirus infection are described, and the molecular characterization of the gene for the major capsid protein VP6 is reported. Patients described in this report were 10 years old or more and had mild to moderate clinical symptoms. A high nucleotide (>98%) and amino acid (100%) identity was observed among all three isolated Slovenian group C rotavirus strains. The similar identity is confirmed of Slovenian strains with other human group C rotavirus isolates, which were seen to cluster separately from the animal group C rotavirus isolates by a phylogenetic analysis. This is the first report of group C rotavirus detection in Slovenia.
Descriptors		GASTROENTERITIS ROTAVIRUS FECES RNA, VIRAL PHYLOGENY POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION SLOVENIA