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SUBMITTER: Lin YP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1594809 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lin Yi-Pei YP Chang Sui-Yuan SY Kao Chuan-Liang CL Huang Li-Min LM Chung Ming-Yi MY Yang Jyh-Yuan JY Chen Hour-Young HY Taniguchi Koki K Tsai Keh-Sung KS Lee Chun-Nan CN
Journal of clinical microbiology 20061001 10
Since the mid-1990s, novel G9 rotaviruses have been detected in many countries, suggesting that G9 is a globally important serotype. The molecular epidemiology of G9 rotaviruses in Taiwan from 2000 to 2002 was investigated in this study. G9 rotavirus first appeared in 2000 with 4 cases and constituted 33.8% and 54.8% of the rotavirus-positive samples in 2001 and 2002, respectively. These G9 strains belonged to P[8]G9, subgroup II, and long electropherotype, except one belonged to P[4]G9, subgrou ...[more]