title: Detection of the emerging rotavirus G9 serotype at high frequency in Italy.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Health and Well-Being, University of Bari, Bari, Italy. v.martella@veterinaria.uniba.it
authors.forename: Vito
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Martella
authors.forename: Valentina
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Terio
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Del Gaudio
authors.forename: Mattia
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gentile
authors.forename: Paola
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fiorente
authors.forename: Salvatore
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Barbuti
authors.forename: Canio
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Buonavoglia
mesh_terms: 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