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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, August 2003, p. 3649-3654, Vol. 41, No. 8
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.8.3649-3654.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Genetic and Antigenic Characterization of Rotavirus Serotype G9 Strains Isolated in Australia between 1997 and 2001

Carl Kirkwood,1,2* Nada Bogdanovic-Sakran,1 Enzo Palombo,1,{dagger} Paul Masendycz,1,{ddagger} Helen Bugg,1 Graeme Barnes,1,2 and Ruth Bishop1,2

Enteric Virus Research Group, Department of Gastroenterology and Clinical Nutrition, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital,1 Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 30522

Received 13 January 2003/ Returned for modification 10 May 2003/ Accepted 8 June 2003

Rotavirus serotype G9 is recognized as the most widespread of the emerging serotypes, emerging since 1996 as a frequent cause of severe acute gastroenteritis in children from many countries covering all continents of the world. This study characterized serotype G9 strains collected in three widely separated Australian centers from 1997 to 2001. All G9 strains possessed the VP4 P[8] and VP6 subgroup II genes. The overall prevalence of the G9 strains increased in Australia, from 0.6% of the strains found in 1997 to 29% of the strains found in 2001. The prevalence of G9 relative to all other serotypes varied from year to year and with geographic location. In Melbourne (representing east coast urban centers), G9 made up 11 to 26% of all of the strains found from 1999 to 2001. In Perth (representing west coast urban centers), G9 made up less than 2% of the strains found in 1997 to 2000 but increased to 18.6% of the strains found in 2001. In Alice Springs (representing widely dispersed settlements in northern arid regions), G9 made up 0 to 5% of the strains found from 1997 to 2000 and was the dominant strain in 2001, making up 68.9% of all of the strains found. Three distinct antigenic groups based on reaction with neutralizing monoclonal antibodies (N-MAbs) were identified, including a dominant group (63%) that cross-reacted with the serotype G4 N-MAb. Phylogenetic analysis of the VP7-encoding gene from Australian strains, compared with a worldwide collection of G9 strains, showed that the Australian G9 strains made up a genetic group distinct from other serotype G9 strains identified in the United States and Africa. Future epidemiological studies of the occurrence of G9 strains should combine reverse transcription-PCR and typing with G1 to G4 and G9 N-MAbs to determine the extent of G9 and G4 cross-reactions among rotavirus strains, in order to assess the need to incorporate G9 strains into new candidate vaccines.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Gastroenterology and Clinical Nutrition, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Flemington Rd., Parkville, Victoria, Australia 3052. Phone: (613) 9345 5069. Fax: (613) 9345 6240. E-mail: kirkwooc{at}cryptic.rch.unimelb.edu.au.

{dagger} Present address: School of Engineering and Science, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia 3122.

{ddagger} Present address: Department of Medicine, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia 3050.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, August 2003, p. 3649-3654, Vol. 41, No. 8
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.8.3649-3654.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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