Emergence of human rotavirus group a genotype G9 strains, Wuhan, China.
Of 322 stool specimens collected from children with diarrhea from October 2005 through September 2006 in Wuhan, China, group A rotavirus was identified in 101 (31.4%). The most prevalent group A rotavirus genotype was G3P[8] (62.6%), followed by G1P[8](17.6%), G1+G3P[8](8.8%), G3P[4](6.6%), G1P[4](2.2%), and G9P[8](2.2%). The G9 strains were first detected in Wuhan.
Yang
Jihong
J
State Key Laboratory of Virology WIV CAS, Wuhan, People's Republic of China.
Wang
Ting
T
Wang
Yang
Y
Lu
Baojing
B
Bai
Xuan
X
Zhang
Lei
L
Wang
Ming
M
Wang
Hanzhong
H
D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D036022:Capsid Proteins / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D021821:Communicable Diseases, Emerging / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D004403:Dysentery / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D005260:Female; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D010802:Phylogeny; D015995:Prevalence; D012401:Rotavirus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D012400:Rotavirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*
D000956:Antigens, Viral; D036022:Capsid Proteins; C050779:VP7 protein, Rotavirus