title: Rotavirus genotypes among hospitalized children in Egypt, 2000-2002.
abstract: Rotavirus type surveillance is essential to assess the success of rotavirus vaccines. Rotavirus strains collected in 2000-2002 during hospital-based surveillance for diarrhea in Egyptian children were genotyped. Of the 259 (25.2%) rotavirus-positive specimens, 82.4% were common strains (G1p[8], G2p[4], G4p[8]), and the emergent G9 type was detected in 5.3% of samples.
authors.affiliation: Center for Pediatric Research, Norfolk, Virginia, USA.
authors.forename: David O
authors.initials: DO
authors.lastname: Matson
authors.forename: Ibrahim A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Abdel-Messih
authors.forename: Carey D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Schlett
authors.forename: Karin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bok
authors.forename: Tiffany
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wienkopff
authors.forename: Thomas F
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Wierzba
authors.forename: John W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Sanders
authors.forename: Robert W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Frenck
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D004534:Egypt / Q000453:epidemiology; D005838:Genotype; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D012401:Rotavirus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D012400:Rotavirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology*