VP4 genotyping of human rotavirus in the United States.

doi:10.1128/jcm.32.1.205-208.1994

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VP4 genotyping of human rotavirus in the United States.

Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Jan 1994

Santos N, Riepenhoff-Talty M, Clark H F, Offit P, Gouvea V

Abstract excerpt

The VP4 (P) and VP7 (G) types of 171 rotavirus isolates obtained from children with diarrhea in the United States were characterized by PCR typing assays. Strains P1G1 predominated (71%); this was followed by strains P1G3 (20%) and P2G2 and P1G4 (2% each). Mixed types were identified in five (3%)...

Topics

Antigens, Viral
Capsid
Capsid Proteins
Child
Diarrhea
Genes, Viral
Genetic Markers
Genotype
Humans
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Rotavirus Infections
United States

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