title: Molecular characterization of rotavirus gastroenteritis strains, Iraqi Kurdistan.
abstract: Of 260 children with acute diarrhea in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan, 96 (37%) were infected with rotavirus. Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction identified G1, G4, G2, G9, P[8], P[6], and P[4] as the most common genotypes. Eight G/P combinations were found, but P[8]G1 and P[4]G2 accounted for >50% of the strains.
authors.affiliation: Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK.
authors.forename: Herish M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Ahmed
authors.forename: J Brian S
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Coulter
authors.forename: Osamu
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Nakagomi
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Hart
authors.forename: Jamal M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Zaki
authors.forename: Abas A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Al-Rabaty
authors.forename: Winifred
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Dove
authors.forename: Nigel A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Cunliffe
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000821:virology*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005243:Feces / Q000821:virology; D005260:Female; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007493:Iraq / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012401:Rotavirus / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity; D012400:Rotavirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000821:virology*