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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2000, p. 2595-2601, Vol. 38, No. 7
0095-1137/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Simultaneous Detection and Genotyping of "Norwalk-Like Viruses" by Oligonucleotide Array in a Reverse Line Blot Hybridization Format

Jan Vinjé and Marion P. G. Koopmans*

Research Laboratory for Infectious Diseases, Department of Virology, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), 3720 BA Bilthoven, The Netherlands

Received 10 September 1999/Returned for modification 17 November 1999/Accepted 14 February 2000

"Norwalk-like viruses" (NLVs) are the most common cause of outbreaks of nonbacterial gastroenteritis worldwide. To date, the method most widely used for typing of NLV strains is sequencing and subsequent phylogenetic analysis of reverse transcription (RT)-PCR products, which has revealed the existence of stable distinct lineages (genotypes). This typing method is rather costly, not routinely used in clinical laboratories, and not very suitable for the analysis of large numbers of samples. Therefore, we have developed a rapid and simple method for genotyping of NLVs. The method, designated reverse line blot hybridization, is based on the nucleotide divergence of a region of the gene for RNA polymerase which can be used to classify NLVs into genotypes. NLV RNA was amplified by RT-PCR and then hybridized to 18 different membrane-bound oligonucleotides that were able to discriminate among 13 NLV genotypes. Application of the method to a panel of 132 positive stool samples from 34 outbreaks and 20 sporadic cases of gastroenteritis collected in a 6-year period (1994 to 1999) resulted in successful genotyping of 124 samples (94%), as confirmed by phylogenetic analysis. The nucleotide sequences of the remaning eight strains (6%) from three outbreaks did not cluster with the known NLV genotypes. Phylogenetic analysis of the complete and partial open reading frame 2 (capsid gene) sequences of these strains revealed the existence of one novel genotype (Alphatron) and one potentially novel genotype (Amsterdam). This novel method, which allows simultaneous detection and genotyping of NLVs, is useful in the diagnosis and typing of NLVs obtained from outbreaks and in large-scale epidemiological studies.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Research Laboratory for Infectious Diseases, Department of Virology, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Antonie van Leeuwenhoeklaan 9, 3721 MA Bilthoven, The Netherlands. Phone: (31)-30-2743945. Fax: (31)-30-2744449. E-mail: Marion.Koopmans{at}rivm.nl.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2000, p. 2595-2601, Vol. 38, No. 7
0095-1137/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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