Detection of the emerging rotavirus G9 serotype at high frequency in Italy.

ABSTRACT: Group A human rotavirus strains belonging to the unusual serotype G9 were detected at high frequency in stool specimens from infected children with acute diarrhea in Bari, Italy, during a 15-month survey from March 2001 to June 2002. This may signify a local reemergence of the G9 rotaviruses detected in Italy in the early and mid-1990s or may be related to the global emergence of G9 rotaviruses in recent years.

SUBMITTER: Martella V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC179858 | biostudies-literature | 2003 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature