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Rotavirus genotypes among hospitalized children in Egypt, 2000-2002.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Sept 2010
Matson David O, Abdel-Messih Ibrahim A, Schlett Carey D, Bok Karin, Wienkopff Tiffany, Wierzba Thomas F, Sanders John W, Frenck Robert W
Abstract excerpt
Rotavirus type surveillance is essential to assess the success of rotavirus vaccines. Rotavirus strains collected in 2000-2002 during hospital-based surveillance for diarrhea in Egyptian children were genotyped. Of the 259 (25.2%) rotavirus-positive specimens, 82.4% were common strains (G1p[8], G2p[4], G4p[8]), and the emergent G9 type was detected in 5.3% of samples.
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