Molecular characterization of rotavirus gastroenteritis strains, Iraqi Kurdistan

Emerg Infect Dis. 2006 May;12(5):824-6. doi: 10.3201/eid1205.051422.

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

  • Acute Disease
  • Child, Preschool
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Diarrhea / epidemiology
  • Diarrhea / mortality
  • Diarrhea / virology*
  • Disease Outbreaks
  • Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
  • Feces / virology
  • Female
  • Gastroenteritis / epidemiology
  • Gastroenteritis / virology*
  • Genotype
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Iraq / epidemiology
  • Male
  • Molecular Epidemiology
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Rotavirus / classification*
  • Rotavirus / isolation & purification
  • Rotavirus / pathogenicity
  • Rotavirus Infections / epidemiology
  • Rotavirus Infections / mortality
  • Rotavirus Infections / virology*