Lecture 33 - Rotavirus Pathogenesis and Disease Flashcards
How was rotavirus discovered?
Reovirus-like particles in intestinal epithelial cells
Infectious agent that causes most severe diarrhoea and dehydration than others
Rotavirus
Annual deathrate of rotavirus in developing countries
1/200
Total annual deaths from rotavirus in 2008
500, 000
Effect of rotavirus vaccination
45% reduction in rotavirus hospitalisations since 2006
Other disease manifestations of rotavirus 1 2 3 4
1) Low-level viremia common
2) ~4% develop CNS disease (encephalitis)
3) Occasional liver involvement
4) Autoimmune. Type 1 DM, coeliac disease
Rotavirus family
Reoviridae
Rotavirus genome
Segmented, dsDNA (11 segments)
Rotavirus capsid symmetry
Icosahedral
Rotavirus core protein
VP2
Rotavirus VP4
Trypsin-cleaved into VP5 and VP8.
VP5 and VP8 are receptor ligands
Rotavirus inner capsid protein
VP6
Rotavirus outer capsid proteins
VP4, VP7
Rotavirus protein important in serotyping
VP6
Proportion of rotovirus proteins that are structural
~1/2
How can individual rotavirus isolates be distinguished?
Electropherotyping
Rotavirus gene arrangement on genome
Each segment encodes a single protein, except for one segment (VP1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, NSP1-5)
Laboratory diagnosis of rotavirus 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1) ELISA with antibodies against group antigens (EG: VP6)
2) RT-PCR
3) Electron microscopy
4) Electropherotyping
6) Seroconversion
7) IgA conversion in stools
Aspect of rotavirus infection that leads to diarrhoea
Destruction of absorptive capacity of vili
NSP4 (viral toxin)
What are rotavirus neutralising antibodies directed against?
Either outer capsid protein (VP4 or VP7)
VP4 = P serotype
VP7 = G serotype
Serotyping of stool rotaviruses
ELISA to VP4 or VP7 give serotypes
Genotyping of stool rotaviruses
Nested-set RT-PCR
Most-common rotavirus G serotypes in humans
VP7 type 1, 2, 3, 4, 9
Number of G types in humans
Over 27
Most common P serotypes in humans
VP4 1A8, 1B6, 2A4
How is serotype diversity generated in rotavirus?
Genome reassortment