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Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:
Ahmed, Herish M. ; Coulter, J. Brian S. ; Nakagomi, Osamu ; Hart, C.A. ; Zaki, Jamal M. ; ... More +
Ahmed, Herish M. ; Coulter, J. Brian S. ; Nakagomi, Osamu ; Hart, C.A. ; Zaki, Jamal M. ; Al-Rabaty, Abas A. ; Dove, Winifred ; Cunliffe, Nigel A. Less -
Description:
Of 260 children with acute diarrhea in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan, 96 (37%) were infected with rotavirus. Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction identified G1, G4, G2, G9, P[8], P[6], and P[4] as the most common genotypes. Eight G/P combinations were found, but P[8]G1 and P[4]G2 accounted for >50% of the strains.
Subject:
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Acute Disease
Child, Preschool
Children
Cross-Sectional Studies
Diarrhea
Disease Outbreaks
Dispatch
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
Feces
Female
Gastroenteritis
Genotype
Genotypes
Humans
Infant
Iraq
Iraqi Kurdistan
Male
Molecular Epidemiology
Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
Rotavirus
Rotavirus Infections
Diarrhea

Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 12(5):824-826.
Document Type:
Journal Article
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Document Checksum:
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urn:sha256:d2fb13c98f31e57e8abe7c9eb35601c08b39bd71e9f6b3115791c13c82a66116
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