Abstract
We report a significant high incidence of infection with G9P[8] rotavirus in Italian children during the winter epidemic season 1999-2000. The study was carried out on 439 children < 4 years hospitalized with acute diarrhea in Palermo. G9P[8] strains constituted 19% of all rotavirus identified and were not associated with more severe forms of gastroenteritis.
Publication types
-
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
-
Child, Preschool
-
DNA, Viral / analysis
-
DNA, Viral / genetics
-
DNA, Viral / immunology
-
Diarrhea / epidemiology*
-
Diarrhea / prevention & control
-
Diarrhea / virology*
-
Diarrhea, Infantile / epidemiology*
-
Diarrhea, Infantile / prevention & control
-
Diarrhea, Infantile / virology*
-
Feces / virology
-
Female
-
Gastroenteritis / epidemiology*
-
Gastroenteritis / prevention & control
-
Gastroenteritis / virology*
-
Hospitalization / statistics & numerical data
-
Humans
-
Immunoenzyme Techniques
-
Incidence
-
Infant
-
Italy / epidemiology
-
Latex Fixation Tests
-
Male
-
Molecular Epidemiology
-
Phylogeny
-
Population Surveillance
-
Rotavirus / classification
-
Rotavirus / genetics
-
Rotavirus Infections / epidemiology*
-
Rotavirus Infections / prevention & control
-
Rotavirus Infections / virology*
-
Rotavirus Vaccines
-
Seasons*
-
Serotyping
-
Severity of Illness Index
Substances
-
DNA, Viral
-
Rotavirus Vaccines