title: First reports of human rotavirus G8P[4] gastroenteritis in the United States.
abstract: In 2009, three children were hospitalized in Rochester, NY, with sequence-confirmed G8P[4] rotavirus gastroenteritis-the first U.S. detection of this uncommon strain more typically found in Africa. Continued monitoring of G8P[4] and other rotavirus genotypes not represented in current vaccines is essential to assess whether vaccination will result in an increase in prevalence of these strains.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, USA. geoff_weinberg@urmc.rochester.edu
authors.forename: Geoffrey A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Weinberg
authors.forename: Daniel C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Payne
authors.forename: Elizabeth N
authors.initials: EN
authors.lastname: Teel
authors.forename: Slavica
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mijatovic-Rustempasic
authors.forename: Michael D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Bowen
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wikswo
authors.forename: Jon R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Gentsch
authors.forename: Umesh D
authors.initials: UD
authors.lastname: Parashar
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D005260:Female; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000821:virology*; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009518:New York; D010802:Phylogeny; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D012401:Rotavirus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012400:Rotavirus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000821:virology*
chemical_list: D012367:RNA, Viral