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Molecular Epidemiological Traits of Group A Rotaviruses in Japanese Children During Transitional Period of Rotavirus Vaccine Implementation, 2011 - 2014.
Clinical laboratory - 1 May 2017
Takanashi Sayaka, Thongprachum Aksara, Okitsu Shoko, Nishimura Shuichi, Kobayashi Masaaki, Kikuta Hideaki, Yamamoto Atsuko, Sugita Kumiko, Baba Tsuneyoshi, Hayakawa Satoshi, Mizuguchi Masashi, Ushijima Hiroshi
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BACKGROUND: Group A rotavirus (RVA) vaccines have been introduced in Japan since 2011. To investigate the molecular epidemiological traits of RVA during the transitional period of rotavirus vaccine implementation in Japan, this study was undertaken by following up three-decade long surveillance conducted in the same regions. METHODS: RVA were screened and genotyped by RT-PCR from diarrheal samples collected from...
Topics
- Child
- Genotype
- Humans
- Japan
- Molecular Epidemiology
- Phylogeny
- Rotavirus
- Rotavirus Infections
- Rotavirus Vaccines