Phylogenetic analysis of envelope glycoprotein (E1) gene of rubella viruses prevalent in Japan in 2004

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 179-185

  Saitoh, Mika ^a   Shinkawa, Naomi ^b   Shimada, Shinichi ^c   Segawa, Yukari ^c   Sadamasu, Kenji ^d   Hasegawa, Michiya ^d   Kato, Masahiko ^a   Kozawa, Kunihisa ^a   Kuramoto, Tsuyoshi ^b   Nishio, Osamu ^e   Kimura, Hirokazu ^a  

^a GUNMA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b Kagoshima Prefectural Institute of Environmental Research and Public Health   (Japan)

^c Saitama Prefectural Institute of Public Health   (Japan)

^d TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

E1 gene; Phylogenetic analysis; Rubella virus

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN E1; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CLADISTICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JAPAN; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RUBELLA; RUBELLA VIRUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS STRAIN; WILD TYPE;

RUBELLA VIRUS;

EID: 33645081211     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: 13480421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2006.tb03784.x     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. Bosma, T.J., Best J.M., Corbett, K.M., Banatvala, J.E., and Starkey, W.G. 1996. Nucleotide sequence analysis of a major antigenic domain of the E1 glycoprotein of 22 rubella virus isolates. J. Gen. Virol. 77:2523-2530.
2. Cherry, J.D. 1998. RUBELLA VIRUS, p. 1922-1948. In Feigin, R.D., and Cherry, J.D. (eds), Textbook of pediatric infectious diseases, 4th ed, W.B. Saunders, Philadelphia.
3. Frey, T.K. 1994. Molecular biology of rubella virus. Adv. Virus Res. 44: 69-160.
4. Frey, T.K., and Abernathy, E.S. 1993. Identification of strain-specific nucleotide sequences in the RA 27/3 rubella virus vaccine. J. Infect. Dis. 168: 854-864.
5. Frey, T.K., Abernathy, E.S., Bosma, T.J., Starkey, W.G., Corbett, K.M., Best, J.M., Katow, S., and Weaver, S.C. 1998. Molecular analysis of rubella virus epidemiology across three continents, North America, Europe, and Asia, 1961-1997. J. Infect. Dis. 178: 642-650.
6. Katow, S., and Arai, S. 1997. Quantitation of rubella virus genome by QPCR and its application to resolution for mechanism of congenital rubella syndrome, p. 93-100. In Lassner, D., Pustowoit, B., and Rolfs, A. (eds), Modern application of DNA amplification techniques - problems and new tools, Plenum Press, New York.
7. Katow, S., Minahara, H., Fukushima, M., and Yamaguchi, Y. 1997. Molecular epidemiology of rubella by nucleotide sequences of the rubella virus E1 gene in three East Asian countries. J. Infect. Dis. 176: 602-616.
8. Katow, S., Minahara, H., Ota, T., and Fukushima, M. 1997. Identification of strain-specific nucleotide sequences in E1 and NS4 genes of rubella virus vaccine strains. Vaccine 15: 1579-1585.
9. Nishida, T., Kimura, H., Saitoh, M., Shinohara, M., Kato, M., Fukuda, S., Munemura, T., Mikami, T., Kawamoto, A., Akiyama, M., Kato, Y., Nishi, K., Kozawa, K., and Nishio, O. 2003. Detection, quantitation, and phylogenetic analysis of noroviruses in Japanese oysters. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 69: 5782-5786.
10. Plotkin, S.A. 2001. Rubella eradication. Vaccine 19: 3311-3319.
11. Robertson, S.E., Cutts, F.T., Smuel, R., and Diaz-Ortega, J.L. 1997. Control of rubella and congenital rubella syndrome (CRS) in developing countries, Part 2: vaccination against rubella. Bull. World Health Organ. 75: 69-80.
12. Terada, K. 2003. Rubella and congenital rubella syndrome in Japan: epidemiological problems. Jpn. J. Infect. Dis. 56: 81-87.
13. Ukkonen, P. 1996. Rubella immunity and morbidity: impact of different vaccination programs in Finland 1979-1992. Scand. J. Infect. Dis. 28: 31-35.
14. Vyse, A.J., and Jin, L. 2002. An RT-PCR assay using oral fluid samples to detect rubella virus genome for epidemiological surveillance. Mol. Cell Probes 16: 93-97.
15. Waxham, M.N., and Wolinsky, J.S. 1985. Detailed immunologic analysis of the structural polypeptides of rubella virus using monoclonal antibodies. Virology 143: 153-165.
16. White, D.O., and Fenner, F.J. (eds), 1994. Togaviridae, p. 418-432. In White, D.O., and Fenner, F.J. (eds), Medical virology, 4th ed, Academic Press, San Diego.
17. Wolinsky, J.S. 1996. Rubella, p. 899-929. In Fields, B.N., Knipe, D.M., and Howley, P.M. et al. (eds), Fields virology, 3rd ed, Lippincott-Raven, Philadelphia.
18. World Health Organization, 2005. Standardization of the nomenclature for genetic characteristics of wildtype rubella viruses, p. 126-132. In World Health Organization, Weekly epidemiological record, Geneva.
19. Zheng, D.P., Frey, T.K., Icenogle, J., Katow, S., Abernathy, E.S., Song, K.J., Xu, W.B., Yarulin, V., Desjatskova, R.G., Aboudy, Y., Enders, G., and Croxson, M. 2003. Global distribution of rubella virus genotypes. Emerg. Infect. Dis. 9: 1523-1530.
20. Zheng, D.P., Zhou, Y.M., Zhao, K., Han, Y.R., and Frey, T.K. 2003. Characterization of genotype II rubella virus strains. Arch. Virol. 148: 1835-1850.
21. Zheng, D.P., Zhu, H., Revello, M.G., Gerna, G., and Frey, T.K. 2003. Phylogenetic analysis of rubella virus isolated during a period of epidemic transmission in Italy, 1991-1997. J. Infect. Dis. 187: 1587-1597.