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Emergence of Human Rotavirus Group A Genotype G9 Strains, Wuhan, China

Authors :
Jihong Yang
Ting Wang
Yang Wang
Baojing Lu
Xuan Bai
Lei Zhang
Xiaoping Tang
Hanzhong Wang
Source :
Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 13, Iss 10, Pp 1587-1589 (2007)
Publication Year :
2007
Publisher :
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2007.

Abstract

Of 322 stool specimens collected from children with diarrhea from October 2005 through September 2006 in Wuhan, China, group A rotavirus was identified in 101 (31.4%). The most prevalent group A rotavirus genotype was G3P[8] (62.6%), followed by G1P[8](17.6%), G1+G3P[8](8.8%), G3P[4](6.6%), G1P[4](2.2%), and G9P[8](2.2%). The G9 strains were first detected in Wuhan.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
10806040 and 10806059
Volume :
13
Issue :
10
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.f06fce7b58d5413abb76cc1ffb65673b
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1310.070142