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First reports of human rotavirus G8P[4] gastroenteritis in the United States.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Mar 2012
Weinberg Geoffrey A, Payne Daniel C, Teel Elizabeth N, Mijatovic-Rustempasic Slavica, Bowen Michael D, Wikswo Mary, Gentsch Jon R, Parashar Umesh D
Abstract excerpt
In 2009, three children were hospitalized in Rochester, NY, with sequence-confirmed G8P[4] rotavirus gastroenteritis-the first U.S. detection of this uncommon strain more typically found in Africa. Continued monitoring of G8P[4] and other rotavirus genotypes not represented in current vaccines is essential to assess whether vaccination will result in an increase in prevalence of these strains.
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