title: Rotavirus Infection in Children with Acute Gastroenteritis in Aurangabad, Central Maharashtra.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the prevalence of rotavirus diarrhea and its genotypes in children from Aurangabad, India.
  
  
  METHODS
  Stool samples collected during 2012-2013 from 168 children, aged ?3 years, were tested by ELISA to detect rotavirus. Rotavirus strains were genotyped by multiplex reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Stool samples from 20 (11.9%) children tested positive for rotavirus. Rotavirus positivity was higher among the children aged 0-12 months than those in 13-24 and 25-36 months. Severity of disease was moderate in both rotavirus-infected and uninfected children. Genotype G1P[8] combination was detected predominantly in circulation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Rotavirus diarrhea was caused mainly by G1P[8] strains during 2012-2013 in Aurangabad, Central Maharashtra, India.
authors: Government Medical College, Aurangabad; *Enteric Viruses Group, National Institute of Virology, Pune; and #Enterovirus Research Center, Mumbai; India. Corresponding to: Dr Shobha Chitambar, National Institute of Virology, 20-A, Dr Ambedkar Road, Pune-411001, India. drshobha.niv@gmail.com.
authors: Ganesh
authors: G
authors: Maher
authors: Gauri
authors: G
authors: Pradhan
authors: Sushmitha
authors: S
authors: Shetty
authors: Sujata
authors: S
authors: Ranshing
authors: Ajit
authors: A
authors: Damle
authors: Shobha
authors: S
authors: Chitambar
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease / Q000453:epidemiology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology; D005243:Feces / Q000821:virology; D005260:Female; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D012400:Rotavirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology