title: Molecular epidemiology of rotavirus diarrhoea among children in Haiphong, Vietnam: the emergence of G3 rotavirus.
abstract: From September 2006- October 2007 hospital-based surveillance was conducted in Haiphong, Vietnam among children less than age 5 years hospitalized for diarrhoea to determine the distribution of G and P types and electropherotypes of rotavirus. Of note, the emergence of G3P[8] was identified and the strain was predominant among rotaviruses detected. More than 90% of G3P[8] electropherotyped strains shared an identical electropherotype, indicating they were of a single origin and their VP7 sequences were similar to those reported from Japan and China. This abrupt emergence of a novel G3 strains underscores the continued need for quality rotavirus surveillance.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Vietnam.
authors.forename: Tuan Cuong
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Ngo
authors.forename: Binh Minh
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Nguyen
authors.forename: Duc Anh
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Dang
authors.forename: Hoai Thu
authors.initials: HT
authors.lastname: Nguyen
authors.forename: Tuan Tu
authors.initials: TT
authors.lastname: Nguyen
authors.forename: Van Nam
authors.initials: VN
authors.lastname: Tran
authors.forename: Thi Thuy
authors.initials: TT
authors.lastname: Vu
authors.forename: Michiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ogino
authors.forename: Md Mahbub
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Alam
authors.forename: Toyoko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakagomi
authors.forename: Osamu
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Nakagomi
authors.forename: Tetsu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamashiro
mesh_terms: D017677:Age Distribution; D002673:Child, Hospitalized; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D005814:Genes, Viral; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology; D010802:Phylogeny; D011159:Population Surveillance; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D012401:Rotavirus / Q000235:genetics; D012400:Rotavirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012621:Seasons; D017423:Sequence Analysis, RNA; D014744:Vietnam / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D012367:RNA, Viral