Genetic stability of rotaviruses recovered from asymptomatic neonatal infections.
AUTOR(ES)
Flores, J
RESUMO
The sequence of the VP7 gene from 19 rotavirus strains recovered from asymptomatically infected newborn infants was determined by direct analysis of transcript RNAs synthesized from virus present in the stool. For five viruses the entire VP7 gene was sequenced, whereas in the remaining instances only a portion of the gene could be sequenced. In 19 specimens collected over a 4-year period, only five nucleotide substitutions were detected. None of them resulted in an amino acid substitution. Examination of a 306-nucleotide segment of gene 4 in 11 specimens yielded similar results. These results suggest that the mutation rate of rotaviruses in nature is lower than that of single-stranded RNA viruses such as poliovirus and influenza virus.
ACESSO AO ARTIGO
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