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Molecular and serologic characterization of novel serotype G8 human rotavirus strains detected in Blantyre, Malawi.
Virology - 1 Sept 2000
Cunliffe N A, Gentsch J R, Kirkwood C D, Gondwe J S, Dove W, Nakagomi O, Nakagomi T, Hoshino Y, Bresee J S, Glass R I, Molyneux M E, Hart C A
Abstract excerpt
During a 2-year study of diarrhea among children in Blantyre, Malawi, greater than 50% of rotavirus strains genotyped by using reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction possessed previously unrecognized combinations of the neutralization proteins VP7 and VP4. Serotype G8 rotaviruses, which have been identified recently in several African countries, were found to possess P[4] or P[6] VP4 genotype...
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