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Outbreak of rotavirus variant P[8] in Seoul, South Korea.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Sept 2008
Lee Jae-In, Song Mi-Ok, Chung Ju-Young, Han Tae-Hee, Ahn Young-Min, Seo Jeong-Wan, Kim Moo-Sang, Kim Min-Young, Kim Won-Yong, Lee Chan-Hee
Abstract excerpt
An epidemiologic study was performed to determine the genetic variability of rotaviruses in Seoul, South Korea. In 3,174 stool specimens from children with acute diarrhea at five referral hospitals, 571 (18%) possessed the antigen of group A rotavirus detectable by ELISA--10.8% in 2004 and 28.1% in 2005. VP7 genotyping revealed that the G3 type was found in 25.6% of all typed isolates, G4 in 23.8%, G2 in 21.6%,...
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