title: [The predomination of rotavirus G3 serotype among children with diarrhea in Lulong County in 1998].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the epidemiology of rotavirus diarrhea among children in rural population.
  
  
  METHODS
  120 stool specimens collected from children with diarrhea during the winter of 1998 in Lulong County, Hebei Province were examined for rotavirus by PAGE and ELISA and for serotype by ELISA and PCR.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Rotavirus was detected in children aged between 2-24 months. The positive rate of rotavirus was 39.2% and the ratio of male to female was 1-1.47. All rotavirus RNA profiles were long pattern. The distribution of rotavirus serotypes was type 3(61.7%), followed by type 1(36.2%), and type 4(6.4%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The epidemiology of rotavirus diarrhea during 1998 rotavirus season in Lulong County was similar to that of other regions in China, but rotavirus serotype G3 was a prevalent strain in Lulong County, which was uncommon and different from the predominant G1 in other places throughout China.
authors: Lulong Anti-epidemic Station, Hebei Province 066400, China.
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mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D003968:Diarrhea, Infantile / Q000821:virology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012401:Rotavirus / Q000145:classification*; D012400:Rotavirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D012703:Serotyping