Detection of the emerging rotavirus G9 serotype at high frequency in Italy.
Group A human rotavirus strains belonging to the unusual serotype G9 were detected at high frequency in stool specimens from infected children with acute diarrhea in Bari, Italy, during a 15-month survey from March 2001 to June 2002. This may signify a local reemergence of the G9 rotaviruses detected in Italy in the early and mid-1990s or may be related to the global emergence of G9 rotaviruses in recent years.
Martella
Vito
V
Department of Animal Health and Well-Being, University of Bari, Bari, Italy. v.martella@veterinaria.uniba.it
Terio
Valentina
V
Del Gaudio
Giuseppe
G
Gentile
Mattia
M
Fiorente
Paola
P
Barbuti
Salvatore
S
Buonavoglia
Canio
C
D002213:Capsid; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012401:Rotavirus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics; D012400:Rotavirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012703:Serotyping