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Surveillance and molecular characterization of rotavirus strains circulating in Manipur, north-eastern India: increasing prevalence of emerging G12 strains.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Mar 2010
Mukherjee Anupam, Chattopadhyay Shiladitya, Bagchi Parikshit, Dutta Dipanjan, Singh Ng Brajachand, Arora Rashmi, Parashar Umesh D, Gentsch Jon R, Chawla-Sarkar Mamta
Abstract excerpt
To determine the frequency and genotypes of rotavirus strains, samples were collected from children hospitalized with acute diarrhea at the Regional Institute of Medical Sciences, Manipur. The globally common genotypes G1P[8] and G2P[4] constituted 58% of the total positive strains, while 3% and 8% strains were emerging genotypes, G9P[6] and G12P[6]. This is the first report of genotype G12 in Manipur. The G12...
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