Detection of group A rotavirus in oyster tissues by in situ capture RT-qPCR

Rotaviruses are regarded as the most common cause of viral gastroenteritis and are responsible for considerable morbidity and mortality among children especially under five years of age worldwide. In developing countries like Myanmar, where diarrhoea is in the priority childhood disease, rotavirus surveillance and detection of rotavirus genotypes are utmost important. A hospital-based, cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted at Yangon Children‟s Hospital among under five children admitted for acute diarrhoea from January to October 2016. This study includes detection of Group A rotavirus antigen by commercial enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and genotyping by multiplex RT-PCR. From a total of 488 collected samples, rotavirus antigen was detected in 219 samples (45%). Rotavirus diarrhoea was most common among the age of 6-11 months (38.8%) followed by 12-23 months (37.9%). The results showed that boys were more commonly affected than girls. Detection of rotavirus positivity was peak in February (57.6 %). Out of 219 stool samples with positive ELISA result, 40 stool samples with high optical density value were proceeded for further determination of G and P genotypes. Regarding distribution of G genotypes, the most common G genotype was G9 which comprised 45%, and that of P genotype was P[8] which comprised 92.5%. Regarding combination of G and P genotypes, the most frequent combination is G9P[8], and it constituted 42.5%. Untypable genotypes were seen in 30% of G and 2.5% of P typing. As rotavirus infection can be prevented by vaccine, WHO recommended that rotavirus vaccination should be included in national immunization program especially in countries where prevalence of rotavirus is high. The distribution of G and P genotypes is important in consideration of appropriate vaccine in pre-vaccination and evaluation of effectiveness of vaccine in post-vaccination period. Therefore, the information on currently circulating genotypes of rotavirus in this study will serve as valuable data for vaccination programme.

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Patterns of invasive recurrence among patients originally treated for ductal carcinoma in situ by breast-conserving surgery versus mastectomy

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment ◽

10.1007/s10549-021-06129-3 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 186 (3) ◽

pp. 617-624

Author(s):

Kate R. Pawloski ◽

Audree B. Tadros ◽

Varadan Sevilimedu ◽

Ashley Newman ◽

Lori Gentile ◽

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Keyword(s):

Ductal Carcinoma In Situ ◽

Carcinoma In Situ ◽

Ductal Carcinoma ◽

Advanced Disease ◽

Breast Conserving Surgery ◽

Risk Profile ◽

High Grade ◽

Group A ◽

First Recurrence

Abstract Purpose Local recurrence after treatment of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) with breast-conserving surgery (BCS) is more common than after mastectomy, but it is unclear if patterns of invasive recurrence vary by initial surgical therapy. Among patients with invasive recurrence after treatment for DCIS, we compared patterns of first recurrence between those originally treated with BCS vs. mastectomy. Methods From 2000 to 2016, women with an invasive recurrence occurring ≥ 6 months after initial treatment for DCIS were retrospectively identified. Clinicopathologic features and adjuvant treatment of the initial DCIS, as well as characteristics of first invasive recurrences, were compared between patients who had undergone BCS vs. mastectomy. Results 452 patients with an invasive recurrence after surgery for DCIS were identified: 367 patients (81%) had initially undergone BCS and 85 patients (19%) mastectomy. Patients originally treated with mastectomy were younger and were more likely to have had high grade, necrosis, and multifocal or multicentric DCIS (p < 0.001) compared with the BCS group. A higher proportion of invasive recurrences were local after BCS (93%; 343/367), whereas 88% (75/85) of recurrences after mastectomy were regional or distant (p < 0.001). The median time to first invasive recurrence was not different between surgical groups (BCS: 6.4 years vs. mastectomy: 5.5 years; p = 0.12). Conclusions Among women who experienced a first invasive recurrence after treatment for DCIS, those who had originally undergone mastectomy more commonly presented with advanced disease compared to those treated with BCS, likely related to the absence of the breast and the higher risk profile of their initial DCIS.

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ROTADIAL: the first Nanobody-based immunoassay to detect Group A Rotavirus

Journal of Virological Methods ◽

10.1016/j.jviromet.2021.114279 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 114279

Author(s):

C.G. Vega ◽

L.L. Garaicoechea ◽

J.I. Degiuseppe ◽

M. Bok ◽

A.A. Rivolta ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Group A Rotavirus ◽

Group A

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Prevalence and Genetic Diversity of Group A Rotavirus Genotypes in Moscow (2019–2020)

Pathogens ◽

10.3390/pathogens10060674 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (6) ◽

pp. 674

Author(s):

Anton Yuzhakov ◽

Ksenia Yuzhakova ◽

Nadezhda Kulikova ◽

Lidia Kisteneva ◽

Stanislav Cherepushkin ◽

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Keyword(s):

Infectious Disease ◽

Genetic Diversity ◽

Acute Gastroenteritis ◽

Rt Pcr ◽

Clinical Hospital ◽

Group A Rotavirus ◽

Group A ◽

First Time ◽

Common Combination ◽

Children Under 5

Group A rotavirus (RVA) infection is the leading cause of hospitalization of children under 5 years old, presenting with symptoms of acute gastroenteritis. The aim of our study was to explore the genetic diversity of RVA among patients admitted to Moscow Infectious Disease Clinical Hospital No. 1 with symptoms of acute gastroenteritis. A total of 653 samples were collected from May 2019 through March 2020. Out of them, 135 (20.67%) fecal samples were found to be positive for rotavirus antigen by ELISA. RT-PCR detected rotavirus RNA in 80 samples. Seven G-genotypes (G1, G2, G3, G4, G8, G9, and G12) and three P-genotypes (P[8], P[4], and P[6]) formed 9 different combinations. The most common combination was G9P[8]. However, for the first time in Moscow, the combination G3P[8] took second place. Moreover, all detected viruses of this combination belonged to Equine-like G3P[8] viruses that had never been detected in Russia before. The genotype G8P[8] and G9P[4] rotaviruses were also detected in Moscow for the first time. Among the studied rotaviruses, there were equal proportions of Wa and DS-1-like strains; previous studies showed that Wa-like strains accounted for the largest proportion of rotaviruses in Russia.

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Characterization of a Porcine Enterocyte Receptor for Group a Rotavirus

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology - Mechanisms in the Pathogenesis of Enteric Diseases ◽

10.1007/978-1-4899-1828-4_21 ◽

1997 ◽

pp. 135-143 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Mark S. Kuhlenschmidt ◽

Mark D. Rolsma ◽

Theresa B. Kuhlenschmidt ◽

Howard B. Gelberg

Keyword(s):

Group A Rotavirus ◽

Group A

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The Prevalence and Genotypic Distribution of Group A Rotavirus Detected from Patients with Acute Gastroenteritis Patients in Incheon

Journal of Bacteriology and Virology ◽

10.4167/jbv.2007.37.1.39 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 37 (1) ◽

pp. 39 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Jea-Mann Lee ◽

Hye-young Kim ◽

Mi-yeon Lee ◽

Kang-bum Lee ◽

Doo-Sung Cheon ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Acute Gastroenteritis ◽

Group A Rotavirus ◽

Genotypic Distribution ◽

Group A

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Photopolymerizable Injectable Cartilage Mimetic Hydrogel for the Treatment of Focal Chondral Lesions: A Proof of Concept Study in a Rabbit Animal Model

The American Journal of Sports Medicine ◽

10.1177/0363546518808012 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 47 (1) ◽

pp. 212-221 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Cecilia Pascual-Garrido ◽

Elizabeth A. Aisenbrey ◽

Francisco Rodriguez-Fontan ◽

Karin A. Payne ◽

Stephanie J. Bryant ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Animal Model ◽

Chondrogenic Differentiation ◽

Osteochondral Lesions ◽

Chondral Defect ◽

Group A ◽

Group B ◽

Safranin O

Background: In this study, we investigate the in vitro and in vivo chondrogenic capacity of a novel photopolymerizable cartilage mimetic hydrogel, enhanced with extracellular matrix analogs, for cartilage regeneration. Purpose: To (1) determine whether mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) embedded in a novel cartilage mimetic hydrogel support in vitro chondrogenesis, (2) demonstrate that the proposed hydrogel can be delivered in situ in a critical chondral defect in a rabbit model, and (3) determine whether the hydrogel with or without MSCs supports in vivo chondrogenesis in a critical chondral defect. Study Design: Controlled laboratory study. Methods: Rabbit bone marrow–derived MSCs were isolated, expanded, encapsulated in the hydrogel, and cultured in chondrogenic differentiation medium for 9 weeks. Compressive modulus was evaluated at day 1 and at weeks 3, 6, and 9. Chondrogenic differentiation was investigated via quantitative polymerase reaction, safranin-O staining, and immunofluorescence. In vivo, a 3 mm–wide × 2-mm-deep chondral defect was created bilaterally on the knee trochlea of 10 rabbits. Each animal had 1 defect randomly assigned to be treated with hydrogel with or without MSCs, and the contralateral knee was left untreated. Hence, each rabbit served as its own matched control. Three groups were established: group A, hydrogel (n = 5); group B, hydrogel with MSCs (n = 5); and group C, control (n = 10). Repair tissue was evaluated at 6 months after intervention. Results: In vitro, chondrogenesis and the degradable behavior of the hydrogel by MSCs were confirmed. In vivo, the hydrogel could be delivered intraoperatively in a sterile manner. Overall, the hydrogel group had the highest scores on the modified O’Driscoll scoring system (group A, 17.4 ± 4.7; group B, 13 ± 3; group C, 16.7 ± 2.9) ( P = .11) and showed higher safranin-O staining (group A, 49.4% ± 20%; group B, 25.8% ± 16.4%; group C, 36.9% ± 25.2%) ( P = .27), although significance was not detected for either parameter. Conclusion: This study provides the first evidence of the ability to photopolymerize this novel hydrogel in situ and assess its ability to provide chondrogenic cues for cartilage repair in a small animal model. In vitro chondrogenesis was evident when MSCs were encapsulated in the hydrogel. Clinical Relevance: Cartilage mimetic hydrogel may offer a tissue engineering approach for the treatment of osteochondral lesions.

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