Genotyping of rotavirus isolates collected from children less than 5 years of age admitted for diarrhoea at the Yangon Children's Hospital, Myanmar

Vaccine. 2009 Nov 20:27 Suppl 5:F89-92. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2009.08.068.

Abstract

Rotavirus positive stool specimens collected from children less than 5-year-old admitted to Yangon Children's Hospital for diarrhoea were analysed for their G and P genotypes. In 2004, rotavirus was detected in 57% of 1004 samples tested with G3 and P[8] being the most common genotypes identified. Corresponding figures in 2005, were 55% of 1175 samples positive for rotavirus with G3 and P[4] genotypes being most common. The most common G and P combinations were G3P[8] and G1P[8], with some unusual combinations (G1P[4], G1P[6] and G3P[4]) also being identified. In Myanmar, ongoing rotavirus surveillance to understand the distribution of G and P genotypes will be important for monitoring the impact of rotavirus vaccines following their introduction into the infant immunization schedule.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Age Distribution
  • Child, Preschool
  • Diarrhea / epidemiology*
  • Diarrhea / virology
  • Gastroenteritis / epidemiology*
  • Gastroenteritis / virology
  • Genotype
  • Hospitals, Pediatric
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Molecular Epidemiology
  • Myanmar / epidemiology
  • Prevalence
  • Rotavirus / genetics
  • Rotavirus / isolation & purification
  • Rotavirus Infections / epidemiology*
  • Seasons