Detection of novel rotavirus strain by vaccine postlicensure surveillance

Abstract

Surveillance for rotavirus-associated diarrhea after implementation of rotavirus vaccination can assess vaccine effectiveness and identify disease-associated genotypes. During active vaccine postlicensure surveillance in the United States, we found a novel rotavirus genotype, G14P[24], in a stool sample from a child who had diarrhea. Unusual rotavirus strains may become more prevalent after vaccine implementation.

Keywords: G14P[24]; child; diarrhea; enteric infections; gastroenteritis; phylogeny; rotavirus; strain; surveillance; vaccines; viruses.