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High Prevalence of G12 Human Rotaviruses in Children with Gastroenteritis in Myanmar.
Japanese journal of infectious diseases - 22 Jul 2016
Ide Tomihiko, Higo-Moriguchi Kyoko, Komoto Satoshi, Htun Khaing Win, Myint Yi Yi, Myat Theingi Win, Thant Kyaw Zin, Thu Hlaing Myat, Win Mo Mo, Oo Htun Naing, Htut Than, Rahman Shofiqur, Nguyen Sa Van, Umeda Kouji, Oguma Keiji, Tsuji Takao, Taniguchi Koki
Abstract excerpt
Human rotavirus samples from 54 children with acute gastroenteritis in Myanmar in 2011 were subjected to reverse transcription-PCR to determine their G and P types. On G typing, G2 (24/54; 44.4%) was found to be the most prevalent, followed by G12 (17/54; 31.5%) and G1 (1/54; 1.9%). Mixed cases with G2 and G12 were found in 12 of the 54 (22.2%) samples. On P typing, P[4] was found to be the most predominant...
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