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Circulating human group A rotavirus genotypes in Malaysia
Author(s) -
Zuridah H.,
Kirkwood C.D.,
BogdanovicSakran N.,
Bishop R.F.,
Yap K.L.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of medical virology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.782
H-Index - 121
eISSN - 1096-9071
pISSN - 0146-6615
DOI - 10.1002/jmv.21717
Subject(s) - virology , rotavirus , genotype , biology , reoviridae , virus , genetics , gene
This study examined the temporal distribution of rotavirus genotypes in Malaysia. Rotaviruses from children with diarrhea admitted to hospitals in 1996 (n = 93) and 2007 (n = 12) in two different regions of Peninsular (West) Malaysia were analyzed for their G and P genotypes using a hemi‐nested RT‐PCR assay. In the 2007 samples, the dominant strain was G9P[8]. It was identified in 42% of the samples. Different strains all possessing the G1 genotype were identified in the rest of the samples. In contrast, 81% of the samples collected in 1996 were the G1P[8] strain. No strains with G9 genotype were detected in samples collected in 1996. J. Med. Virol. 82:707–711, 2010. © 2010 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.