Detection of Human Rotavirus Serotype G6 in Hungary

• Published in: Epidemiology and infection Vol. 130; no. 1; pp. 107 - 112
• Main Authors: Bányai, K., Gentsch, J. R., Glass, R. I., Szücs, G.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 01.02.2003
• Subjects: Adolescent; Antibodies, Monoclonal; Antigens, Viral - analysis; Biological and medical sciences; Child; Child, Preschool; Children; Disease; Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; Epidemiology; Feces - virology; Female; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Health services; Human viral diseases; Humans; Hungary - epidemiology; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Infections; Infectious diseases; Laboratories; Male; Medical sciences; Microbiology; Population Surveillance - methods; Prevalence; Preventive medicine; Public health; Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction; RNA; RNA, Viral - analysis; Rotavirus; Rotavirus - classification; Rotavirus - isolation & purification; Rotavirus Infections - epidemiology; Rotavirus Infections - microbiology; Seasons; Serotyping; Surveillance; Ungulates; Vaccination; Vaccines; Viral diseases; Viral diseases of the digestive system; Virology; Viruses; Hungary; Europe; United States > US; Prevalence; Rotavirus; Human rotavirus; Gastroenteritis; Epidemiology; Reoviridae; Infection; Virus; Viral disease; Digestive diseases; Intestinal disease; Serotype; Gastric disease
• ISSN: 0950-2688; 1469-4409
• DOI: 10.1017/s0950268802007975

During an ongoing survey of human rotavirus serotypes, we demonstrated for the first time the circulation of serotype G6 in two regions of Hungary. Of five rotavirus seasons surveyed to date (1994-9), serotype G6 was found in all seasons except 1994-5 at an overall prevalence of 1·4% (17 of 1252) and ranging from 0·6 to 4·5%. Children infected with G6 strains were older (mean age, 3·3 years) than children infected with the four (G1-G4) globally common serotypes (mean age, 2·1 years; unpaired Student's t test, P <0·001). Our data indicate that rotavirus serotype G6 may be an epidemiologically important G serotype in Hungary.