| genetic characterization of group a rotavirus strains circulating among children with acute gastroenteritis in japan in 2004-2005. | a total of 752 fecal specimens collected from july 2004 to june 2005 from children with acute gastroenteritis in four localities in japan (maizuru, tokyo, sapporo, and osaka) were screened for group a rotavirus by rt-pcr. it was found that 82 (10.9%) specimens were positive for group a rotavirus. the g-(vp7 genotypes) and p-(vp4 genotypes) types were further investigated. the p-types of 18 rotavirus strains, which could not be typed by rt-pcr, were determined by sequencing analysis. of these, 94 ... | 2007 | 17110174 |