Expanding global distribution of rotavirus serotype G9: detection in Libya, Kenya, and Cuba

Emerg Infect Dis. 2001 Sep-Oct;7(5):890-2. doi: 10.3201/eid0705.017521.

Abstract

Serotype G9 may be the fifth most common human rotavirus serotype, after serotypes G1 to G4. In three cross-sectional studies of childhood diarrhea, we have detected serotype G9 rotaviruses for the first time in Libya, Kenya, and Cuba. Serotype G9 constituted 27% of all rotaviruses identified, emphasizing the reemergence of serotype G9 and suggesting that future human rotavirus vaccines will need to protect against disease caused by this serotype.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Cuba / epidemiology
  • Feces / virology
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Kenya / epidemiology
  • Libya / epidemiology
  • RNA, Viral / analysis
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Rotavirus / classification*
  • Rotavirus / genetics
  • Rotavirus / isolation & purification*
  • Rotavirus Infections / epidemiology*
  • Rotavirus Infections / virology*
  • Serotyping

Substances

  • RNA, Viral