title: Emergence and characterization of human rotavirus g9 strains in Tunisia.
abstract: Among human rotaviruses, G9 has emerged as the fifth most important genotype circulating globally. Ongoing surveillance of rotavirus in Tunisia during the past 10 years identified the first G9 strains in 2004. These strains exhibited the P[8] VP4 genotype and had a long RNA electrophoretype. The G9 strains were characterized by phylogenetic analysis of the VP7 gene sequence and showed high identity with other human rotavirus G9 strains belonging to the rotavirus VP7 lineage group III.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory MDT 01, Faculty of Pharmacy, Monastir, Tunisia.
authors.forename: Anissa
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chouikha
authors.forename: Imene
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Fodha
authors.forename: Lamjed
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bouslama
authors.forename: Mouna
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ben Hadj Fredj
authors.forename: Samir
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jaoua
authors.forename: Noureddine
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Boujaafar
authors.forename: Abdelhalim
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Trabelsi
authors.forename: Andrew Duncan
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Steele
mesh_terms: D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D036022:Capsid Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D010802:Phylogeny; D012401:Rotavirus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D012400:Rotavirus Infections / Q000821:virology*; D014416:Tunisia
chemical_list: D000956:Antigens, Viral; D036022:Capsid Proteins; C060339:VP4 protein, Rotavirus; C050779:VP7 protein, Rotavirus