Symptomatic infection and detection of vaccine and vaccine-reassortant rotavirus strains in 5 children: a case series

J Infect Dis. 2012 Oct;206(8):1275-9. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jis490. Epub 2012 Aug 7.

Abstract

Vaccine or vaccine-reassortant rotavirus strains were detected in fecal specimens from 5 of 106 (4.7%) immunocompetent children who required treatment for rotavirus gastroenteritis at a large pediatric hospital in Texas in 2009-2010. Four strains were related to pentavalent rotavirus vaccine, whereas one was related to monovalent rotavirus vaccine. The contribution of these strains to each patient's illness was unclear given that 2 patients had prominent respiratory symptoms and 2 were concurrently infected with another pathogen (group F adenovirus and norovirus). Continued monitoring is necessary to assess the role of vaccine strains and vaccine-reassortant strains in pediatric rotavirus infections.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Child, Preschool
  • Feces / virology
  • Female
  • Gastroenteritis / diagnosis
  • Gastroenteritis / virology
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Male
  • Reassortant Viruses / genetics
  • Reassortant Viruses / isolation & purification*
  • Rotavirus / genetics
  • Rotavirus / isolation & purification*
  • Rotavirus Infections / diagnosis*
  • Rotavirus Infections / virology*
  • Rotavirus Vaccines / administration & dosage*
  • Rotavirus Vaccines / adverse effects*
  • Texas

Substances

  • Rotavirus Vaccines