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distribution of human rotavirus g types circulating in paris, france, during the 1997-1998 epidemic: high prevalence of type g4.

group a human rotavirus g genotypes were determined by means of reverse transcription-pcr in 170 stool specimens from children with acute diarrhea admitted to a paris children's hospital during a 1-year survey (1997 to 1998). the isolates all belonged to types g1 to g4, with type g4 predominating (60%).