Expanding global distribution of rotavirus serotype G9: detection in Libya, Kenya, and Cuba.
Serotype G9 may be the fifth most common human rotavirus serotype, after serotypes G1 to G4. In three cross-sectional studies of childhood diarrhea, we have detected serotype G9 rotaviruses for the first time in Libya, Kenya, and Cuba. Serotype G9 constituted 27% of all rotaviruses identified, emphasizing the reemergence of serotype G9 and suggesting that future human rotavirus vaccines will need to protect against disease caused by this serotype.
Cunliffe
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NA
University of Liverpool, United Kinngdom.
Dove
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W
Bunn
J E
JE
Ben Ramadam
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M
Nyangao
J W
JW
Riveron
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RL
Cuevas
L E
LE
Hart
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CA
D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003462:Cuba / Q000453:epidemiology; D005243:Feces / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007630:Kenya / Q000453:epidemiology; D008002:Libya / Q000453:epidemiology; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012401:Rotavirus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012400:Rotavirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology*; D012703:Serotyping
D012367:RNA, Viral