Rotavirus genotypes P[4]G9, P[6]G9, and P[8]G9 in hospitalized children with acute gastroenteritis in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Fifty-three rotavirus-positive fecal specimens from children with diarrhea admitted to a Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, children's hospital between January 1997 and December 1998 were characterized for P and G types by using reverse transcription-PCR. Genotype P[4]G2 accounted for 21% of isolates, while uncommon genotypes P[8]G9, P[6]G9, and P[4]G9 accounted for 13% of the isolates.
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Departamento de Virologia, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Av. Brazil, 4365, 21045-900, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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Fialho
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Cruz
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Rocha
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D000956:Antigens, Viral; D001938:Brazil; D002213:Capsid / Q000235:genetics; D036022:Capsid Proteins; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005243:Feces / Q000821:virology; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000821:virology*; D005814:Genes, Viral; D005838:Genotype; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012401:Rotavirus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics*; D012400:Rotavirus Infections / Q000821:virology*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
D000956:Antigens, Viral; D036022:Capsid Proteins; C050779:VP7 protein, Rotavirus