Group A rotavirus gastroenteritis: post-vaccine era, genotypes and zoonotic transmission

Group A rotavirus gastroenteritis: post-vaccine era, genotypes and zoonotic transmission

ABSTRACT This article provides a review of immunity, diagnosis, and clinical aspects of rotavirus disease. It also informs about the changes in epidemiology of diarrheal disease and genetic diversity of circulating group A rotavirus strains following the introduction of vaccines. Group A rotavirus i...

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Main Authors: Adriana Luchs, Maria do Carmo Sampaio Tavares Timenetsky
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa Albert Einstein
Series:Einstein (São Paulo)
Subjects:
Gastroenterite/epidemiologia
Diarreia
Vacinação
Técnicas de genotipagem
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-45082016000200021&lng=en&tlng=en
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Summary:ABSTRACT This article provides a review of immunity, diagnosis, and clinical aspects of rotavirus disease. It also informs about the changes in epidemiology of diarrheal disease and genetic diversity of circulating group A rotavirus strains following the introduction of vaccines. Group A rotavirus is the major pathogen causing gastroenteritis in animals. Its segmented RNA genome can lead to the emergence of new or unusual strains in human populations via interspecies transmission and/or reassortment events.
ISSN:2317-6385

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