Abstract
Of 260 children with acute diarrhea in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan, 96 (37%) were infected with rotavirus. Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction identified G1, G4, G2, G9, P[8], P[6], and P[4] as the most common genotypes. Eight G/P combinations were found, but P[8]G1 and P[4]G2 accounted for >50% of the strains.
MeSH terms
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Acute Disease
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Child, Preschool
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Cross-Sectional Studies
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Diarrhea / epidemiology
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Diarrhea / mortality
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Diarrhea / virology*
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Disease Outbreaks
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Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
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Feces / virology
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Female
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Gastroenteritis / epidemiology
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Gastroenteritis / virology*
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Genotype
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Humans
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Infant
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Iraq / epidemiology
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Male
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Molecular Epidemiology
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Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
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Rotavirus / classification*
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Rotavirus / isolation & purification
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Rotavirus / pathogenicity
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Rotavirus Infections / epidemiology
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Rotavirus Infections / mortality
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Rotavirus Infections / virology*