title: Emergence of human rotavirus group a genotype G9 strains, Wuhan, China.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Virology WIV CAS, Wuhan, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Jihong
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Ting
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Baojing
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Xuan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Bai
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Ming
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Hanzhong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: 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*
chemical_list: D000956:Antigens, Viral; D036022:Capsid Proteins; C050779:VP7 protein, Rotavirus