Rotavirus serotypes: classification and importance in epidemiology, immunity, and vaccine development

Y Hoshino, AZ Kapikian - Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, 2000 - JSTOR
The development and implementation of safe and effective vaccines to prevent the
enormous health burden of rotavirus-associated disease is a global public health goal …

Burden and typing of rotavirus group A in Latin America and the Caribbean: systematic review and meta‐analysis

AC Linhares, JA Stupka, A Ciapponi… - Reviews in Medical …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The efficacy of licensed rotavirus vaccines has only been shown against certain rotavirus
group A (RV‐A) types. It is critical to understand the burden of rotavirus gastroenteritis …

Rotavirus strain surveillance in Latin America: a review of the last nine years

AA Castello, ML Arvay, RI Glass… - The Pediatric infectious …, 2004 - journals.lww.com
Background: Latin America will likely be the first area in the developing world where
rotavirus vaccine will be introduced into the routine childhood immunization schedule. In …

Reductions in cross‐neutralizing antibody responses in infants after attenuation of the human rotavirus vaccine candidate 89‐12

RL Ward, CD Kirkwood, DS Sander… - The Journal of …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The G1P1A [8] rotavirus vaccine candidate 89‐12, the precursor to Rotarix,
stimulated high titers of neutralizing antibodies to non‐G1/P1A [8] serotypes of human …

[HTML][HTML] Rotavirus vaccine-derived cases in Belgium: Evidence for reversion of attenuating mutations and alternative causes of gastroenteritis

C Simsek, M Bloemen, D Jansen, P Descheemaeker… - Vaccine, 2022 - Elsevier
Since the introduction of live-attenuated rotavirus vaccines in Belgium in 2006, surveillance
has routinely detected rotavirus vaccine-derived strains. However, their genomic landscape …

Antigenic and genomic diversity of human rotavirus VP4 in two consecutive epidemic seasons in Mexico

L Padilla-Noriega, M Méndez-Toss… - Journal of clinical …, 1998 - Am Soc Microbiol
In the present investigation we characterized the antigenic diversity of the VP4 and VP7
proteins in 309 and 261 human rotavirus strains isolated during two consecutive epidemic …

VP4 and VP7 genotyping by reverse transcription-PCR of human rotavirus in Mexican children with acute diarrhea

A Rodríguez Castillo, AV Villa… - Journal of clinical …, 2000 - Am Soc Microbiol
Dual typing (VP4 and VP7) of rotavirus obtained from 257 Mexican children during three
epidemiological seasons was performed by reverse transcription-PCR. The P1G1 genotype …

Rotavirus infection and prevention

GL Barnes, RF Bishop - Current opinion in pediatrics, 1997 - journals.lww.com
The major advance in knowledge about rotavirus infection and prevention has been in
vaccine development. Several large studies of tetravalent rhesis rotavirus vaccine have had …

Comparison of enzyme immunoassay, PCR, and type-specific cDNA probe techniques for identification of group A rotavirus gene 4 types (P types)

PJ Masendycz, EA Palombo, RJ Gorrell… - Journal of clinical …, 1997 - Am Soc Microbiol
This study was designed to evaluate three techniques most commonly used to identify the
VP4 (P) types of human group A fecal rotaviruses. The techniques included PCR with nested …

Serotype specificity of the neutralizing-antibody response induced by the individual surface proteins of rotavirus in natural infections of young children

G Menchaca, L Padilla-Noriega… - Clinical Diagnostic …, 1998 - Am Soc Microbiol
The relative contribution of the rotavirus surface proteins, VP4 and VP7, to the induction of
homotypic as well as heterotypic neutralizing antibodies (NtAbs) in natural infections was …