Epidemiology
High frequency of G9 rotavirus detected in children with diarrhea in Thailand
Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, March 14th, 2006
"Among 315 fecal specimens collected from children hospitalized with diarrhea in Chiang Mai, Thailand, in 2000-2001, group A rotavirus was detected in 107 (34.0%). Of these, 98 (91.6%) were G9, 6 (5.6%) were G3 and 3 (2.8%) were G2, respectively," scientists in Thailand report.
According to P. Khamrin and colleagues at Chiang Mai University, "Identification of their P-types demonstrated that 103 (96.3%) were P[8], 3 (2.8%) were P[4], and 1 (0.9%) was P[3] genotypes. Determination of G- and P-type combination revealed that all of G9 isolates...
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