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Title: | Rotavirus infections with multiple emerging genotypes in Sri Lanka |
Authors: | Ahmed, K. Batuwanthudawe, R. Chandrasena, T.G.A.N. Mitui, M.T. Rajindrajith, S. Galagoda, G. Pun, S.B. Uchida, R. Kunii, O. Moji, K. Abeysinghe, N. Nishizono, A. Nakagomi, O. |
Issue Date: | 2010 |
Publisher: | Springer-Verlag |
Citation: | Archives of Virology. 2010; 155(1): pp. 71-5 |
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 |
Description: | Indexed in MEDLINE |
URI: | http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/1977 |
ISSN: | 0304-8608 (Print) 1432-8798 (Electronic) |
Appears in Collections: | Journal/Magazine Articles |
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