G2 Strain of Rotavirus among Infants and Children, Bangladesh

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Dey, Shuvra Kanti ; Hayakawa, Yuko ; Rahman, Majibur ; Islam, Rafiqul ; Mizuguchi, Masashi ; Okitsu, Shoko ; Ushijima, Hiroshi
• Description:
  To determine G and P genotypes, we performed nested PCR on 307 rotavirus specimens collected in Dhaka, Bangladesh, during 2004-2005. G2 (43.3%) was detected at the highest frequency, followed by G4 (19.5%), G9 (13.7%), G1 (12.7%), and G3 (2.6%). P[8] was the most predominant genotype (53.2%), followed by P[4] (42.9%).
• Subjects:
  Acute Disease Child, Preschool Dispatch Feces Female Gastroenteritis Genotype Humans Infant Male Molecular Epidemiology Molecular Sequence Data Phylogeny Polymerase Chain Reaction Prevalence Rotavirus Infections Sequence Analysis, DNA

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 15(1):91-94.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Bangladesh
• Location:
  Asia
• Volume:
  15
• Issue:
  1
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:ddaf80610bbeb6e920ea798142e8db73a4aec3c2197e253ba94a3703daf59b99
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/17380/cdc_17380_DS1.pdf
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