Human group B rotavirus was detected in 12 of 220 adult patients and 2 of 67 child patients with severe diarrhea in Bangladesh. Group B rotavirus may be virulent in both adults and children, and the virus may be an especially serious diarrheal agent in Bangladesh.

BACKGROUND Rotavirus infection is the most common cause of gastroenteritis among children worldwide. In this study, we were evaluated the occurrence of rotavirus infection and genotypes causing gastroenteritis among children under 5 years in Yasuj, Iran. MATERIALS AND METHODS This cross sectional-descriptive study was done on 184 fecal samples collected from children aged < 5 years old with a...

background: the aim of the study was to determine the incidence of non-bacterial acute gastroenteritis associated with diar­rheal diseases in mazandaran province, northern iran. methods: a total of 400 symptomatic cases from patients with acute gastroenteritis from mazandaran province in iran were screened using eia method for the presence of rotavirus, adenovirus and astrovirus during 2005-200...

A virus (designated the Shintoku strain) which was morphologically indistinguishable from group A rotaviruses was detected in the feces of adult cows with diarrhea in Japan. The virus contained 11 segments of double-stranded RNA and had an electrophoretic migration pattern in polyacrylamide gels similar to that of other group C rotaviruses (4-3-2-2). Feces containing the bovine virus reacted wi...

background and aims: one of the major causes of acute diarrhea in children during the cold season in iran is infection by rotavirus. children infected with rotavirus often require hospitalization. several studies on human and animals have shown that enterotoxigenic escherichia.coli and rotavirus are the most common coinfection causing diarrhea. there are other reports indicating occurrence of r...

Group A and group B rotaviruses are important diarrhea causing agents among calves and buffalo calves. Epidemiological studies in Indian calves revealed the predominance of group A rotavirus strains with G6, G8, and G10 specificity and group B rotaviruses. A total of 95 fecal samples were collected from calves and buffalo calves affected with diarrhea from an unorganized cattle farm and two cat...

Rotavirus is the major cause of severe diarrhea in children under 5 years old in developed and developing countries. Since improvements in sanitation and hygiene have limited impact on reducing the incidence of rotavirus diarrhea, implementation of a vaccine will be a better solution. We conducted an observational study to determine the disease burden and to identify the genotype of circulating...