Article
Molecular characterization of rotavirus diarrhea among children in South Korea: detection of an unusual G11 strain.
Archives of virology - 1 May 2011
Shim Jung Ok, Baek In Hyuk, Le Van Phan, Ko Eun-Mi, Seok Won-Seok, Uh Young, Kim Ja Kyoung, Ahn Sung Yeon, Lee Hyeon Soo, Ryoo Eell, Shim So-Yeon, Song Wonkeun, Lim Inseok, Kim Wonyong
Abstract excerpt
Among 312 rotavirus-positive samples collected from eight hospitals across South Korea during 2008 and 2009, the most prevalent circulating G genotype was G1 (35.9%), followed by G3 (24.7%), G2 (17.0%), G4 (7.7%), and G9 (2.6%). Notably, one unusual G11 lineage III strain-the first hypoendemic infection case in the world-was found. Of the P genotypes, P[8] (43.9%) was the most common, followed by P[6] (29.5%),...
Topics
- Child, Preschool
- Cluster Analysis
- Diarrhea
- Genotype
- Humans
- Infant
- Infant, Newborn
- Molecular Epidemiology
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Phylogeny