Detection of G12 human rotaviruses in Nepal

Sher Bahadur Pun, Toyoko Nakagomi, Jeevan Bahadur Sherchand, Basu Dev Pandey, Luis Cuevas, Nigel A. Cunliffe, C. A. Hart, Osamu Nakagomi

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Abstract

Of 731 stool specimens collected from children with diarrhea in Kathmandu, Nepal, from August 2004 through July 2005, 170 (23.3%) tested positive for rotavirus. Reverse transcription-PCR, including a revised G12-specific primer set, identified 56 (32.9%) as G2P[4] and 39 (23.0%) as G12 with P[6], P[8], or P[4].

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)482-484
Number of pages3
JournalEmerging Infectious Diseases
Volume13
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Mar 2007

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