Molecular characterization of rotavirus gastroenteritis strains, Iraqi Kurdistan

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 &...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Emerging infectious diseases 2006-05, Vol.12 (5), p.824-826
Hauptverfasser:	Ahmed, Herish M, Coulter, J Brian S, Nakagomi, Osamu, Hart, C A, Zaki, Jamal M, Al-Rabaty, Abas A, Dove, Winifred, Cunliffe, Nigel A
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Acute Disease Causes of Child, Preschool Children Cross-Sectional Studies diarrhea Diarrhea - epidemiology Diarrhea - mortality Diarrhea - virology Disease Outbreaks Diseases Dispatch Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay Feces - virology Female Gastroenteritis Gastroenteritis - epidemiology Gastroenteritis - virology Genotype genotypes Humans Infant Iraq Iraq - epidemiology Iraqi Kurdistan Male Molecular Epidemiology Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction Risk factors Rotavirus Rotavirus - classification Rotavirus - isolation & purification Rotavirus - pathogenicity Rotavirus infections Rotavirus Infections - epidemiology Rotavirus Infections - mortality Rotavirus Infections - virology
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Zusammenfassung:	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.
ISSN:	1080-6040 1080-6059
DOI:	10.3201/eid1205.051422