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Increase in prevalence of human group A rotavirus G9 strains as an important VP7 genotype among children in eastern India.
Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology - 1 Nov 2008
Samajdar Sudipta, Ghosh Souvik, Chawla-Sarkar Mamta, Mitra Utpala, Dutta Phalguni, Kobayashi Nobumichi, Naik Trailokya N
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: In addition to four globally important group A rotavirus (GARV) VP7 genotypes (G1-G4), recent surveillance studies have revealed importance of G9 strains as an aetiological agent of infantile diarrhoea. OBJECTIVE: Detection and genotyping of GARVs from children, admitted with gastroenteritis to Dr. B.C. Roy Memorial Hospital for Children, Kolkata, India. STUDY DESIGN: GARVs were detected in stool...
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