Journal Article

Rotavirus genotypes co-circulating in Europe between 2006 and 2009 as determined by EuroRotaNet, a pan-European collaborative strain surveillance network

KORSUN, N., SIDARAVICIUTE-IVASKEVICIENE, I., LAPPALAINEN, M., KOOPMANS, M., MLADENOVA, Z., KRONEMAN, A., BÖTTIGER, B., SANCHEZ-FAUQUIER, A., KOUKOU, D., NAWAZ, S., MARQUES, A. MAS, STEYER, A., BÁNYAI, K., DE ROUGEMONT, A., MAUNULA, L., POTHIER, P., MIDGLEY, S., USONIS, V., GRAY, J., RUGGERI, F. M., POLJSAK-PRIJATELJ, M., SYRIOPOULOU, V., VAN RANST, M., DIEDRICH, S., MATTHIJNSSENS, J., ITURRIZA-GÓMARA, M., JOHANSEN, K., DALLMAN, T., FIORE, L., TRAN, A. N., BUESA, J., LÁSZLÓ, B.

2011

Overview

EuroRotaNet, a laboratory network, was established in order to determine the diversity of co-circulating rotavirus strains in Europe over three or more rotavirus seasons from 2006/2007 and currently includes 16 countries. This report highlights the tremendous diversity of rotavirus strains co-circulating in the European population during three years of surveillance since 2006/2007 and points to the possible origins of these strains including genetic reassortment and interspecies transmission. Furthermore, the ability of the network to identify strains circulating with an incidence of ⩾1% allowed the identification of possible emerging strains such as G8 and G12 since the beginning of the study; analysis of recent data indicates their increased incidence. The introduction of universal rotavirus vaccination in at least two of the participating countries, and partial vaccine coverage in some others may provide data on diversity driven by vaccine introduction and possible strain replacement in Europe.

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press,Cambridge University Press (CUP)
• Subject: Adolescent / Adult / Age Factors / Aged / Aged, 80 and over / Biological and medical sciences / Child / Child, Preschool / Disease transmission / Europe - epidemiology / Female / Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology / Gastrointestinal infections / Genotype / Genotypes / Human health and pathology / Humans / Immunization / Infant / Infections / Infectious diseases / International Cooperation / Life Sciences / Male / Microbiology / Microbiology and Parasitology / Middle Aged / Miscellaneous / Molecular Epidemiology / Population Surveillance / Rotavirus / Rotavirus - genetics / Rotavirus infections / Rotavirus Infections - epidemiology / Rotavirus Infections - prevention & control / Rotavirus Infections - virology / Rotavirus Vaccines - therapeutic use / Seasons / Sex Factors / Vaccination / Vaccines / Virology / Viruses / Young Adult