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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, June 1999, p. 2074-2076, Vol. 37, No. 6
0095-1137/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Relative Frequencies of G and P Types among Rotaviruses from Indian Diarrheic Cow and Buffalo Calves

Baldev R. Gulati,1 Osamu Nakagomi,2,* Yumi Koshimura,2 Toyoko Nakagomi,2 and Ramayan Pandey1

Department of Veterinary Microbiology and College of Veterinary Sciences, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar-125 004, India,1 and Department of Microbiology, Akita University School of Medicine, Hondo, Akita 010-8543, Japan2

Received 9 November 1998/Returned for modification 11 February 1999/Accepted 8 March 1999

While an increasing number of studies suggest that there is a high prevalence of rotaviruses with P8[11], a typical P type of bovine rotavirus (BRV), among human neonates or infants in India, no data are available on the distribution of G and P types of Indian BRVs. Thus, fecal specimens were collected from cow and buffalo calves under 1 month of age on organized dairy farms in India during the period between 1994 and 1997, and 36 rotavirus-positive specimens were used to determine the relative frequencies of the G and P types of Indian BRVs. As to the G type, G10 was predominant (83%), followed by G6 (6%). The majority (94%) of BRVs had P8[11], and only one isolate possessed P6[1]. The most common combination of G and P types was G10P8[11] (81%), followed by G6P6[1] (3%) and G6P8[11] (3%). The high prevalence of BRVs possessing P8[11] VP4s strongly supports the hypothesis that BRVs may cross the host species barrier and circulate among neonates in India.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Microbiology, Akita University School of Medicine, 1-1-1 Hondo, Akita 010-8543, Japan. Phone: 81-18-884-6079. Fax: 81-18-836-2607. E-mail: onakagom{at}ipc.akita-u.ac.jp.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, June 1999, p. 2074-2076, Vol. 37, No. 6
0095-1137/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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