Publications

changing epidemiology of rotavirus g-types circulating in hong kong, china.	group a rotaviruses are the most common cause of severe diarrhoeal disease in young children worldwide. the development of a vaccine is advocated by the world health organization. obtaining local baseline information regarding rotavirus strain variation is important to ensure matching of circulating and vaccine strains. the current study was undertaken to determine the epidemiology of rotavirus g-types in hong kong in anticipation of a vaccination program. from 2001 to 2002 over a period of one ...	2005	15543567
prevalence of diarrhea viruses in hospitalized children in hong kong in 2008.	a total of 209 stool samples were collected from pediatric patients admitted for acute gastroenteritis in a hospital in hong kong, during an 8-month period from january to august 2008, and were tested for the presence of rotavirus, norovirus, sapovirus, adenovirus, and astrovirus using a multiplex rt-pcr assay. the most common virus was rotavirus group a (59 of 209, 28%, mainly serotypes g1, g2, g3, and g9), followed by norovirus group ii (48 of 209, 23%), adenovirus (7 of 209, 3%, serotypes 2, ...	2009	19774686