title: Re-emergence of genotype G9 during a five-and-a-half-year period in Turkish children with rotavirus diarrhea.
abstract: This study was done to understand the dynamics of rotavirus genotype distribution in Turkish children. Samples were collected from January 2006 through August 2011 from children at a hospital in Ankara. Rotavirus was detected in 28 % (241/889) of the samples. Genotype G9P[8] was predominant (28 %), followed by G1P[8] (16.3 %) and G2P[8] (15.9 %). G9 was absent in the samples from 2006 and 2007 and then re-emerged in 2008 and increased gradually. Phylogenetic analysis showed that Turkish G9 rotaviruses of the present study formed a sublineage with strains from Italy and Ethiopia, possibly indicating spread of a clone in these countries.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Gulendam
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bozdayi
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Aylin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Altay
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathobiology and Medical Diagnostics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Takaaki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yahiro
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathobiology and Medical Diagnostics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Sharnali
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ahmed
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Melda
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Meral
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Alanya State Hospital, Antalya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Bora
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dogan
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Microbiology, T. Yuksek Ihtisas Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Bedia
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dinc
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Ministry of Health, Ankara Training and Education Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ayça
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yeniaras
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Ministry of Health, Ankara Training and Education Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Yildiz Dallar
authors.initials: YD
authors.lastname: Bilge
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathobiology and Medical Diagnostics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. ahmed@ums.edu.my.|Department of Microbiology (Research Promotion Institute), Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, Yufu-shi, Oita, Japan. ahmed@ums.edu.my.
authors.forename: Kamruddin
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1869-3701
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ahmed
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D005260:Female; D005838:Genotype; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology; D010802:Phylogeny; D012401:Rotavirus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012400:Rotavirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology
keywords: Children; Genotypes; Prevalence; Rotavirus; Turkey