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Molecular epidemiology of rotavirus diarrhoea among children in Haiphong, Vietnam: the emergence of G3 rotavirus.
Vaccine - 20 Nov 2009
Ngo Tuan Cuong, Nguyen Binh Minh, Dang Duc Anh, Nguyen Hoai Thu, Nguyen Tuan Tu, Tran Van Nam, Vu Thi Thuy, Ogino Michiko, Alam Md Mahbub, Nakagomi Toyoko, Nakagomi Osamu, Yamashiro Tetsu
Abstract excerpt
From September 2006- October 2007 hospital-based surveillance was conducted in Haiphong, Vietnam among children less than age 5 years hospitalized for diarrhoea to determine the distribution of G and P types and electropherotypes of rotavirus. Of note, the emergence of G3P[8] was identified and the strain was predominant among rotaviruses detected. More than 90% of G3P[8] electropherotyped strains shared an...
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