| clinical and molecular characteristics of human rotavirus g8p[8] outbreak strain, japan, 2014. | during march-july 2014, rotavirus g8p[8] emerged as the predominant cause of rotavirus gastroenteritis among children in hokkaido prefecture, japan. clinical characteristics were similar for infections caused by g8 and non-g8 strains. sequence and phylogenetic analyses suggest the strains were generated by multiple reassortment events between ds-1-like p[8] strains and bovine strains from asia. | 2017 | 28518031 |
| serotype determination of human rotavirus isolates and antibody prevalence in pediatric population in hokkaido, japan. | three different serotypes of human rotavirus isolates defined in our laboratory were compared by cross neutralization tests with human rotavirus serotypes established in the nih, u.s.a. the results clearly demonstrated that our three serotypes correspond well to their serotypes wa, ds-1 and m (or p). using the three serotype-specific rabbit antisera, all of the 16 strains isolated to date could be assigned to one of those three serotypes. the prevalence of human rotavirus serotypes 1, 2 and 3 am ... | 1984 | 6331342 |