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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, September 2005, p. 4460-4465, Vol. 43, No. 9
0095-1137/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.43.9.4460-4465.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Detection and Characterization of Human Group C Rotaviruses in Bangladesh

Mustafizur Rahman,1,2* Sukalyani Banik,1 Abu S. G. Faruque,1 Koki Taniguchi,3 David A. Sack,1 Marc Van Ranst,2 and Tasnim Azim1

ICDDR,B, Centre for Health and Population Research, Mohakhali, Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh,1 Laboratory of Clinical and Epidemiological Virology, Rega Institute for Medical Research, University of Leuven, B-3000, Leuven, Belgium,2 Department of Virology and Parasitology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi 470-1192, Japan3

Received 7 January 2005/ Returned for modification 28 May 2005/ Accepted 25 June 2005

Group C rotaviruses were detected by reverse transcription-PCR in 14 (2.3%) of 611 group A rotavirus-negative stool specimens from the patients admitted to the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh, during July to December 2003. The low rate of detection suggested that infection with group C rotaviruses was an uncommon cause of hospitalization due to gastroenteritis. In addition, coinfections with pathogenic enteric bacteria were frequently observed in group C rotavirus-infected patients. Nucleotide sequence comparison of the VP4, VP6, and VP7 genes revealed that the Bangladeshi group C rotaviruses were most similar to Nigerian group C rotavirus strains. Phylogenetic analysis suggested that all human group C rotaviruses, including the strains isolated in our study, clustered in a monophyletic branch, which was distantly related to the branch comprised of animal group C rotaviruses.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Senior Research Officer, Virology Laboratory, Laboratory Sciences Division, ICDDR,B, Centre for Health and Population Research, Mohakhali, Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh. Phone: 8802-8811751-60, ext. 2409. Fax: 8802-881-2529. E-mail: mustafizur.rahman{at}uz.kuleuven.ac.be.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, September 2005, p. 4460-4465, Vol. 43, No. 9
0095-1137/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.43.9.4460-4465.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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