Molecular epidemiology of outbreaks of gastroenteritis associated with small round structured viruses in Germany in 1997/98

Authors
Schreier, E Doring, F Kunkel, U
Citation
E. Schreier et al., Molecular epidemiology of outbreaks of gastroenteritis associated with small round structured viruses in Germany in 1997/98, ARCH VIROL, 145(3), 2000, pp. 443-453
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
ARCHIVES OF VIROLOGY
ISSN journal
03048608 → ACNP
Volume
145
Issue
3
Year of publication
2000
Pages
443 - 453
Database
ISI
SICI code
0304-8608(2000)145:3<443:MEOOOG>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
The molecular epidemiology of small round structured viruses (SRSVs) in Ger many was studied using fecal specimens from 16 SRSV-associated gastroenteri tis outbreaks in different parts of Germany during 1997/1998 by reverse tra nscription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and by sequencing of the ORF1 and ORF3 amplicons. The majority of the isolates clustered in one subtype and were closely related to published SRSV sequences of genogroup II.