title: Surveillance study (2000 to 2001) of G- and P-type human rotaviruses circulating in South Korea.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Viral Products, Korea Food and Drug Administration, 5 Nokbun-dong, Eunpyeong-gu, Seoul, 122-704, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Bok Soon
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Min
authors.forename: Yoon Ju
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Noh
authors.forename: Jin Ho
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.forename: Sun Young
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Baek
authors.forename: Jae Ok
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Kyung Il
authors.initials: KI
authors.lastname: Min
authors.forename: Seung Rel
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Ryu
authors.forename: Byoug Guk
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Do Keun
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Seok Ho
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Hong Ki
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Min
authors.forename: Byung Yoon
authors.initials: BY
authors.lastname: Ahn
authors.forename: Sue Nie
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Park
mesh_terms: 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