Surveillance study (2000 to 2001) of G- and P-type human rotaviruses circulating in South Korea.
Human rotavirus VP4 and VP7 gene sequences were amplified by reverse transcription-PCR from 53% (322 of 607) of fecal specimens collected from children with severe diarrhea who visited hospitals in six urban areas of South Korea in 2000 and 2001. G2 was the most frequently found G type (constituted 50.6%), followed by G1 (30.1%) and G4 (13.0%). Although the P types of high incidence were P[4] (53.1%) and P[8] (21.4%), a significant incidence of P[6] (20.2%) was also noticeable. The commonest G- and P-type combination found in this study was G2P[4], rather than G1P[8], the most prevalent type known worldwide.
Min
Bok Soon
BS
Division of Viral Products, Korea Food and Drug Administration, 5 Nokbun-dong, Eunpyeong-gu, Seoul, 122-704, Republic of Korea.
Noh
Yoon Ju
YJ
Shin
Jin Ho
JH
Baek
Sun Young
SY
Kim
Jae Ok
JO
Min
Kyung Il
KI
Ryu
Seung Rel
SR
Kim
Byoug Guk
BG
Kim
Do Keun
DK
Lee
Seok Ho
SH
Min
Hong Ki
HK
Ahn
Byung Yoon
BY
Park
Sue Nie
SN
D002648:Child; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000821:virology; D005243:Feces / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D007723:Korea; D010802:Phylogeny; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D012401:Rotavirus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012400:Rotavirus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis