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ArticleClinical and diagnostic laboratory immunology1995

Heterogeneity of VP4 neutralization epitopes among serotype P1A human rotavirus strains.

J F Contreras, G E Menchaca, L Padilla-Noriega, R S Tamez, H B Greenberg, S López, C F Arias

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J F ContrerasDepartamento de Microbiología e Inmunología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Mexico.
G E Menchaca
L Padilla-Noriega
R S Tamez
H B Greenberg
S López
C F Arias

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We have used serotype-specific VP4 and VP7 neutralizing monoclonal antibodies (Nt-MAbs), as well as subgroup (SG)-specific MAbs, to characterize by enzyme immunoassay rotavirus strains isolated from diarrheic infants in the city of Monterrey, Mexico, from July 1993 to March 1994. Of a total of 465 children studied, 140 were rotavirus positive, including 3 patients infected with non-group A rotaviruses. The SG and VP7 (G) serotype specificities could be determined for 118 (84%) of the 140 rotavirus-positive stool specimens; 4 rotavirus strains were serotype G1 and SGII; 1 strain was serotype G2 and SGI+II; 112 strains were serotype G3 and SGII; 1 strain was serotype G3 and SGI; and none of the strains was serotype G4. Fifty-eight specimens, representing the 13 different group A rotavirus electropherotypes detected, were chosen for VP4 (P) serotyping. Of these, 48 (83%) strains reacted with the P1A serotype-specific Nt-MAb 1A10. None of the strains reacted with the serotype P2-specific Nt-MAbs tested. Not all viruses that reacted with Nt-MAb 1A10 were recognized by Nt-MAbs 2A3 and 2G1, which also recognize P1A strains, indicating heterogeneity of neutralization epitopes among serotype P1A human rotaviruses. This heterogeneity could be relevant for the specificity of the VP4-mediated neutralizing antibody immune response and indicates the need for antigenic characterization, in addition to genomic typing, of the VP4 proteins of circulating human rotavirus field strains.

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Capsid ProteinsNeutralization TestsAntibodies, ViralCapsidChild, PreschoolDiarrheaEpitopesGastroenteritisHumansInfantRotavirusSerotypingAntibodies, ViralCapsid ProteinsEpitopesVP4 protein, Rotavirus

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