Detection of G12 Human Rotaviruses in Nepal

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[...

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Main Authors: Sher Bahadur Pun, Toyoko Nakagomi, Jeevan Bahadur Sherchand, Basu Dev Pandey, Luis E. Cuevas, Nigel A. Cunliffe, C.A. Hart, Osamu Nakagomi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2007-03-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
PCR
G12
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/13/3/06-1367_article