Detection of G12 human rotaviruses in Nepal

Emerg Infect Dis. 2007 Mar;13(3):482-4. doi: 10.3201/eid1303.061367.

Abstract

Of 731 stool specimens collected from children with diarrhea in Kathmandu, Nepal, from August 2004 through July 2005, 170 (23.3%) tested positive for rotavirus. Reverse transcription-PCR, including a revised G12-specific primer set, identified 56 (32.9%) as G2P[4] and 39 (23.0%) as G12 with P[6], P[8], or P[4].

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

  • Antigens, Viral / genetics
  • Capsid Proteins / genetics
  • Child
  • Communicable Diseases, Emerging / epidemiology*
  • DNA Primers
  • Dysentery / epidemiology*
  • Feces / virology
  • Humans
  • Molecular Epidemiology*
  • Nepal / epidemiology
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Rotavirus / genetics*
  • Rotavirus Infections / epidemiology*

Substances

  • Antigens, Viral
  • Capsid Proteins
  • DNA Primers
  • VP7 protein, Rotavirus