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. 2007 Jun;13(6):916-9.
doi: 10.3201/eid1306.061181.

Emergence of serotype G12 rotaviruses, Hungary

Krisztián Bányai  1 , Agnes Bogdán, Péter Kisfali, Péter Molnár, Ilona Mihály, Béla Melegh, Vito Martella, Jon R Gentsch, György Szücs
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Emergence of serotype G12 rotaviruses, Hungary

Krisztián Bányai et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2007 Jun.

Abstract

We describe the emergence of serotype G12 rotaviruses (67 [6.9%] of 971 specimens tested) among children hospitalized with rotavirus gastroenteritis in Hungary during 2005. These findings are consistent with recent reports of the possible global spread and increasing epidemiologic importance of these strains, which may have implications for current rotavirus vaccination strategies.

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Figure 1
Temporal distribution of serotype G12 human rotaviruses in Budapest, Hungary, 2005. Black columns indicate the number (N) of strains identified; gray columns represent the percentage of total strains for each month that were type G1.
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Figure 2
Phylogenetic relationship among Hungarian and other G12 rotaviruses. The tree was generated by the neighbor-joining algorithm by using a 501-nt fragment of VP7 (nt 79–579). Scale bar represents the nucleotide distance. Bootstrap values >60% are shown in the branch nodes. The country of origin is shown parallel to the strain names. ARG strain is an unnamed G12 isolate from Argentina.
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