dc.contributor.author | Ahmed, K. | |
dc.contributor.author | Batuwanthudawe, R. | |
dc.contributor.author | Chandrasena, T.G.A.N. | |
dc.contributor.author | Mitui, M.T. | |
dc.contributor.author | Rajindrajith, S. | |
dc.contributor.author | Galagoda, G. | |
dc.contributor.author | Pun, S.B. | |
dc.contributor.author | Uchida, R. | |
dc.contributor.author | Kunii, O. | |
dc.contributor.author | Moji, K. | |
dc.contributor.author | Abeysinghe, N. | |
dc.contributor.author | Nishizono, A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Nakagomi, O. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-10-29T09:28:28Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-10-29T09:28:28Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2010 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Archives of Virology. 2010; 155(1): pp. 71-5 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0304-8608 (Print) | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1432-8798 (Electronic) | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/1977 | |
dc.description | Indexed in MEDLINE | |
dc.description.abstract | Rotavirus diarrhea is an important cause of child mortality in developing countries, but studies on this diarrhea are scarce in Sri Lanka. A prospective study conducted in Sri Lanka on rotavirus infection among children in a hospital setting (n = 611) versus children residing in tsunami camps (n = 52) showed that prevalence of rotavirus infection was comparable, 21.9 and 20%, respectively. The hospital and camps were located in different districts. Analysis of the genotypes of 122 rotaviruses from the hospital and 12 from the camps indicated that G9P[8] was associated with 35 and 33%; G12P[8/nt] with 14.7 and 33%; G3P[8/4/nt] with 17 and 8% and G1P[8/4] with 6.5 and 16.7%. Rotaviruses with G2P[8/4/6] and G4P[8/4] were hospital-associated only, and some rotaviruses (9 and 8% from the hospital and the camps, respectively) were G- and P-nontypable. We conclude from the present study that multiple emerging genotypes were prevalent in Sri Lanka, and children in camps were at risk of developing diarrhea due to rotaviruses | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.publisher | Springer-Verlag | en_US |
dc.title | Rotavirus infections with multiple emerging genotypes in Sri Lanka | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.identifier.department | Parasitology | |
dc.identifier.department | Paediatrics |
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