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Norovirus infection is a major cause of acute gastroenteritis, although some infected individuals are asymptomatic. GII.4 is the predominant genotype worldwide and, since 2000, has been the most prevalent in patients in Thailand with acute gastroenteritis. We screened stool samples for norovirus in 786 patients with acute gastroenteritis who were admitted to a hospital in Bangkok from 2017 to early 2019 and detected it in 136 specimens (17.3%). Eight and 124 specimens were positive for the GI and GII genogroups, respectively, and the remaining 4 specimens were double-positive. Nine genotypes (GI.3, GI.5, GII.2, GII.3, GII.4, GII.6, GII.8, GII.13, and GII.17) were identified from 140 strains, and 72 strains (51.4%) were GII.4. We had previously conducted a one-year survey of norovirus infection in residents of a community in Bangkok from May 2018 to April 2019 and found that a substantial portion of the residents were infected asymptomatically. The 9 genotypes identified in the patients were also commonly identified in the community residents. To investigate the relationship between noroviruses identified in the acute gastroenteritis patients and those identified in the community residents, phylogenetic tree analysis was conducted. Of the 9 genotypes, 8 showed similarities in both their genomic sequences and their deduced amino acid sequences. In addition, strain replacement of GI.3 was observed in both the patients and the community residents within the overlapping period. These results suggested that norovirus spreads efficiently to the community by simultaneously causing symptomatic and asymptomatic infections.

The emergence and rapid spread of unusual DS-1-like intergenogroup reassortant rotaviruses having G1/3/8 genotypes have been recently reported from major parts of the world (Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, and the Americas). During rotavirus surveillance in Thailand, three novel intergenogroup reassortant strains possessing the G9P[8] genotype (DBM2017-016, DBM2017-203, and DBM2018-291) were identified in three stool specimens from diarrheic children. In the present study, we determined and analyzed the full genomes of these three strains. On full-genomic analysis, all three strains were found to share a unique genotype constellation comprising both genogroup 1 and 2 genes: G9-P[8]-I2-R2-C2-M2-A2-N2-T2-E2-H2. Phylogenetic analysis demonstrated that each of the 11 genes of the three strains was closely related to that of emerging DS-1-like intergenogroup reassortant, human, and/or locally circulating human strains. Thus, the three strains were suggested to be multiple reassortants that had acquired the G9-VP7 genes from co-circulating Wa-like G9P[8] rotaviruses in the genetic background of DS-1-like intergenogroup reassortant (likely equine-like G3P[8]) strains. To our knowledge, this is the first description of emerging DS-1-like intergenogroup reassortant strains having the G9P[8] genotype. Our observations will add to the growing insights into the dynamic evolution of emerging DS-1-like intergenogroup reassortant rotaviruses through reassortment.

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Norovirus infection is a major cause of acute gastroenteritis, although some infected individuals are asymptomatic. GII.4 is the predominant genotype worldwide and, since 2000, has been the most prevalent in patients in Thailand with acute gastroenteritis. We screened stool samples for norovirus in 786 patients with acute gastroenteritis who were admitted to a hospital in Bangkok from 2017 to early 2019 and detected it in 136 specimens (17.3%). Eight and 124 specimens were positive for the GI and GII genogroups, respectively, and the remaining 4 specimens were double-positive. Nine genotypes (GI.3, GI.5, GII.2, GII.3, GII.4, GII.6, GII.8, GII.13, and GII.17) were identified from 140 strains, and 72 strains (51.4%) were GII.4. We had previously conducted a one-year survey of norovirus infection in residents of a community in Bangkok from May 2018 to April 2019 and found that a substantial portion of the residents were infected asymptomatically. The 9 genotypes identified in the patients were also commonly identified in the community residents. To investigate the relationship between noroviruses identified in the acute gastroenteritis patients and those identified in the community residents, phylogenetic tree analysis was conducted. Of the 9 genotypes, 8 showed similarities in both their genomic sequences and their deduced amino acid sequences. In addition, strain replacement of GI.3 was observed in both the patients and the community residents within the overlapping period. These results suggested that norovirus spreads efficiently to the community by simultaneously causing symptomatic and asymptomatic infections., Competing Interests: The authors declare no conflict of interest., (© 2021 The Author(s).)

An unusual rotavirus strain with the G3P[10] genotype (RVA/Human-wt/THA/MS2015-1-0001/2015/G3P[10]) was identified in a stool sample from a hospitalized child aged 11 months with severe gastroenteritis in Thailand. In the current study, we sequenced and characterized the full genome of strain MS2015-1-0001. On full-genomic analysis, strain MS2015-1-0001 exhibited the following genotype configuration: G3-P[10]-I8-R3-C3-M3-A9-N3-T3-E3-H6, which is identical or closely related to those of bat and bat-like rotavirus strains (MYAS33-like). Furthermore, phylogenetic analysis revealed that all 11 genes of strain MS2015-1-0001 appeared to be of bat origin. Our findings provide evidence for bat-to-human interspecies transmission of rotaviruses and important insights into dynamic interactions between human and bat rotavirus strains., (Copyright © 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)

The emergence and rapid spread of unusual DS-1-like intergenogroup reassortant rotaviruses having G1/3/8 genotypes have been recently reported from major parts of the world (Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, and the Americas). During rotavirus surveillance in Thailand, three novel intergenogroup reassortant strains possessing the G9P[8] genotype (DBM2017-016, DBM2017-203, and DBM2018-291) were identified in three stool specimens from diarrheic children. In the present study, we determined and analyzed the full genomes of these three strains. On full-genomic analysis, all three strains were found to share a unique genotype constellation comprising both genogroup 1 and 2 genes: G9-P[8]-I2-R2-C2-M2-A2-N2-T2-E2-H2. Phylogenetic analysis demonstrated that each of the 11 genes of the three strains was closely related to that of emerging DS-1-like intergenogroup reassortant, human, and/or locally circulating human strains. Thus, the three strains were suggested to be multiple reassortants that had acquired the G9-VP7 genes from co-circulating Wa-like G9P[8] rotaviruses in the genetic background of DS-1-like intergenogroup reassortant (likely equine-like G3P[8]) strains. To our knowledge, this is the first description of emerging DS-1-like intergenogroup reassortant strains having the G9P[8] genotype. Our observations will add to the growing insights into the dynamic evolution of emerging DS-1-like intergenogroup reassortant rotaviruses through reassortment., Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Group A rotavirus (RVA) is a major cause of acute gastroenteritis in infants and young children worldwide. This study aims to clarify the distribution of G/P types and genetic characteristics of RVAs circulating in Thailand. Between January 2014 and September 2016, 1867 stool specimens were collected from children and adults with acute gastroenteritis in six provinces in Thailand. RVAs were detected in 514/1867 (27.5%) stool specimens. G1P[8] (44.7%) was the most predominant genotype, followed by G3P[8] (33.7%), G2P[4] (11.5%), G8P[8] (7.0%), and G9P[8] (1.3%). Unusual G3P[9] (0.8%), G3P[10] (0.4%), G4P[6] (0.4%), and G10P[14] (0.2%) were also detected at low frequencies. The predominant genotype, G1P[8] (64.4%), in 2014 decreased to 6.1% in 2016. In contrast, the frequency of G3P[8] markedly increased from 5.5% in 2014 to 65.3% in 2015 and 89.8% in 2016. On polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, most (135/140; 96.4%) of the G3P[8] strains exhibited a short RNA profile. Successful determination of the nucleotide sequences of the VP7 genes of 98 G3P[8] strains with a short RNA profile showed that they are all equine-like G3P[8] strains. On phylogenetic analysis of genome segments of two representative Thai equine-like G3P[8] strains, it was noteworthy that they possessed distinct NSP4 genes, one bovine-like and the other human-like. Thus, we found that characteristic equine-like G3P[8] strains with a short RNA electropherotype are becoming highly prevalent in children and adults in Thailand., (© 2019 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.)

An unusual rotavirus strain, DB2015-066 with the G10P[14] genotype (RVA/Human-wt/THA/DB2015-066/2015/G10P[14]), was detected in a stool sample from a child hospitalized with acute gastroenteritis in Thailand. Here, we sequenced and characterized the full-genome of the strain DB2015-066. On whole genomic analysis, strain DB2015-066 was shown to have a unique genotype constellation: G10-P[14]-I2-R2-C2-M2-A3-N2-T6-E2-H3. The backbone genes of this strain (I2-R2-C2-M2-A3-N2-T6-E2-H3) are commonly found in rotavirus strains from artiodactyls such as cattle. Furthermore, phylogenetic analysis indicated that each of the 11 genes of strain DB2015-066 could be of artiodactyl (likely bovine) origin. Thus, strain DB2015-066 appeared to be derived from through zoonotic transmission of a bovine rotavirus strain. Of note, the VP7 gene of strain DB2015-066 was located in G10 lineage-6 together with ones of bovine and bovine-like rotavirus strains, away from the clusters comprising other G10P[14] strains in G10 lineage-2/4/5/9, suggesting the occurrence of independent bovine-to-human interspecies transmission events. Our observations provide important insights into the origins of rare G10P[14] strains, and into dynamic interactions between artiodactyl and human rotavirus strains., (Copyright © 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)

Norovirus (NoV) is the leading cause of viral acute gastroenteritis among all age groups in the world. We performed a molecular epidemiological study of the NoVs prevalent in Bangkok between November 2014 and July 2016 to investigate the emergence of new NoV variants in Thailand. A total of 332 stool specimens were collected from hospitalized pediatric patients with acute gastroenteritis in Bangkok, Thailand. NoVs were detected by real-time PCR. The genome of the N-terminal/shell domain was amplified, the nucleotide sequence was determined, and phylogenetic analyses were performed. GII NoV was detected in 58 (17.5%) of the 332 specimens. GII.17, a genotype strain prevalent from 2014 to mid-2015, was hardly detected and replaced by the GII.3 genotype strain. Entire genome sequencing followed by phylogenetic analysis of the GII.3 genotype strains indicated that they are new recombinant viruses, because the genome encoding ORF1 is derived from a GII.12 genotype strain, whereas that encoding ORF2-3 is from a GII.3 genotype strain. The putative recombination breakpoints with the highest statistical significance were located around the border of 3D pol and ORF2. The change in the prevalent strain of NoV seems to be linked to the emergence of new forms of recombinant viruses. These findings suggested that the swapping of the structural and non-structural proteins of NoV is a common mechanism by which new epidemic variants are generated in nature., (Copyright © 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)

Of 2,754 stool specimens collected from children with acute gastroenteritis during 2013-2014 in Sukhothai and Phetchaboon provinces, Thailand, 666 (24.2%) were positive for rotavirus A (RVA) in polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE). The G and P types of all RVA-positive specimens were determined by semi-nested RT-PCR. G1P[8] (56.5%) was most prevalent, followed by G2P[4] (22.1%). Unusual G8P[8] human RVAs (HuRVAs) were detected at a high frequency (20.0%). Interestingly, 171 of the 376 G1P[8] HuRVAs and all of the 133 G8P[8] HuRVAs showed a short RNA pattern in PAGE. Thus, it was shown that the properties of HuRVAs have been markedly unusual in recent years in Thailand. J. Med. Virol. 89:615-620, 2017. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc., (© 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.)