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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-12-3
pubmed:abstractText
Rotaviruses were detected via electron microscopy in fecal specimens collected from school children during an outbreak of diarrhea and from a sporadic case in 1993 in Japan. All of the viruses were found to belong to human group C rotavirus by reverse passive hemagglutination assay (RPHA). These viruses replicated well in a human colon carcinoma (CaCo-2) cell line cultured in the presence of trypsin (4 micrograms/ml). This report demonstrates that human group C rotaviruses can be propagated efficiently in a cell line cultured in the presence of trypsin. The infected cells did not show any apparent cytopathic changes. However, virus was detected in the cell cytoplasm by immunofluorescence (IF) staining and in the culture supernatant by RPHA. On the basis of immune electron microscopy (IEM), virus particles collected from infected CaCo-2 cell cultures were confirmed to aggregate specifically with anti-human group C rotavirus antibody. The electrophoretic patterns of RNA segments extracted from viral particles found in the fecal specimens or infected cells were identical to those of human group C rotavirus. These results indicated that human group C rotaviruses were the causal agent of the diarrhea outbreak.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0146-6615
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
48
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
48-52
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Isolation and serial propagation of human group C rotaviruses in a cell line (CaCo-2).
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Virology, Public Health Laboratory of Chiba Prefecture, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article