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Molecular characterization of rotavirus gastroenteritis strains, Iraqi Kurdistan.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 May 2006
Ahmed Herish M, Coulter J Brian S, Nakagomi Osamu, Hart C A, Zaki Jamal M, Al-Rabaty Abas A, Dove Winifred, Cunliffe Nigel A
Abstract excerpt
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 fo...
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