Emerg Infect DiseidEmerging Infectious Diseases1080-60401080-6059Centers for Disease Control117477062631875Research ArticleExpanding global distribution of rotavirus serotype G9: detection in Libya, Kenya, and Cuba.CunliffeN. A.DoveW.BunnJ. E.Ben RamadamM.NyangaoJ. W.RiveronR. L.CuevasL. E.HartC. A.University of Liverpool, United Kinngdom.Sep-Oct200175890892

Serotype G9 may be the fifth most common human rotavirus serotype, after serotypes G1 to G4. In three cross-sectional studies of childhood diarrhea, we have detected serotype G9 rotaviruses for the first time in Libya, Kenya, and Cuba. Serotype G9 constituted 27% of all rotaviruses identified, emphasizing the reemergence of serotype G9 and suggesting that future human rotavirus vaccines will need to protect against disease caused by this serotype.