| emergence of new variant rotavirus g3 among infants and children with acute gastroenteritis in japan during 2003-2004. | a total of 402 fecal specimens from infants and children with acute gastroenteritis in five places (tokyo, maizuru, saga, sapporo, and osaka) in japan from july 2003 to june 2004 were collected and then tested for the presence of rotavirus by rt-pcr. of these, 83 were positive for rotavirus and this accounted for 20.6%. rotavirus was further characterized to g-types (vp7 genotypes) and p-types (vp4 genotypes). interestingly, an emergence of rotavirus g3 was identified with an exceptionally high ... | 2007 | 17323824 |
| reemergence of new variant g3 rotavirus in japanese pediatric patients, 2009-2011. | the molecular epidemiology and characterization of rotaviruses obtained from non-hospitalized children with acute gastroenteritis in five different prefectures (hokkaido, saga, tokyo, osaka, and kyoto) from july 2009 to june 2011 was investigated. among 831 fecal specimens tested, rotavirus was found in 165 specimens (19.9%). the rotavirus detection rate in 2010-2011 (23.3%) was higher than those in 2009-2010 (16.0%). the highest prevalence of rotavirus was found in children aged 12 to 23 months ... | 2013 | 23123146 |