G and P genotyping of rotavirus strains circulating in france over a three-year period: detection of G9 and P[6] strains at low frequencies. The AZAY Group

J Clin Microbiol. 2000 Apr;38(4):1681-3. doi: 10.1128/JCM.38.4.1681-1683.2000.

Abstract

Rotavirus G and P types from 716 children with acute diarrhea in Dijon from 1995 to 1998 and throughout France during the winter of 1997-1998 were analyzed by reverse transcription-PCR. P[8],G1 predominated, followed by P[8],G4, which emerged during the last winter. G9 and P[6] strains were detected at low frequencies.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Diarrhea / epidemiology
  • Diarrhea / virology*
  • France / epidemiology
  • Gastroenteritis / epidemiology
  • Gastroenteritis / virology
  • Genotype
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods*
  • Rotavirus / classification*
  • Rotavirus / genetics*
  • Rotavirus / isolation & purification
  • Rotavirus Infections / epidemiology
  • Rotavirus Infections / virology*