Rotavirus genotypes among hospitalized children in Egypt, 2000-2002.

Matson, David O; Abdel-Messih, Ibrahim A; Schlett, Carey D; Bok, Karin; Wienkopff, Tiffany; Wierzba, Thomas F; Sanders, John W; Frenck, Robert W · J Infect Dis · 2010

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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.

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