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Re-emergence of genotype G9 during a five-and-a-half-year period in Turkish children with rotavirus diarrhea.
Archives of virology - 1 Oct 2016
Bozdayi Gulendam, Altay Aylin, Yahiro Takaaki, Ahmed Sharnali, Meral Melda, Dogan Bora, Dinc Bedia, Yeniaras Ayça, Bilge Yildiz Dallar, Ahmed Kamruddin
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This study was done to understand the dynamics of rotavirus genotype distribution in Turkish children. Samples were collected from January 2006 through August 2011 from children at a hospital in Ankara. Rotavirus was detected in 28 % (241/889) of the samples. Genotype G9P[8] was predominant (28 %), followed by G1P[8] (16.3 %) and G2P[8] (15.9 %). G9 was absent in the samples from 2006 and 2007 and then re-emerged...
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