Molecular characterization of rotavirus gastroenteritis strains, Iraqi Kurdistan.
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.
Ahmed
Herish M
HM
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK.
Coulter
J Brian S
JB
Nakagomi
Osamu
O
Hart
C A
CA
Zaki
Jamal M
JM
Al-Rabaty
Abas A
AA
Dove
Winifred
W
Cunliffe
Nigel A
NA
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*