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The emerging rotavirus G9 serotype was detected at a high frequency of 53.3% among rotavirus-positive stool samples from children with acute diarrhea in Bari, Italy.
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The rotavirus G9 serotype was detected at a high frequency (53.3%) among children with acute diarrhea in Bari, Italy, suggesting it is an emerging pathogen in the region.
Frequent G9 rotavirus detection in Italian children warrants surveillance; hypothesis-generating for reemergence versus global emergence.
Group A human rotavirus strains belonging to the unusual serotype G9 were detected at high frequency in stool specimens from infected children with acute diarrhea in Bari, Italy, during a 15-month survey from March 2001 to June 2002. This may signify a local reemergence of the G9 rotaviruses detected in Italy in the early and mid-1990s or may be related to the global emergence of G9 rotaviruses in recent years.
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Martella et al. (2003) conducted an observational in Acute diarrhea (rotavirus infection) (n=30). Rotavirus G9 serotype vs. Other rotavirus serotypes was evaluated on Frequency of rotavirus G9 serotype detection. The emerging rotavirus G9 serotype was detected at a high frequency of 53.3% among rotavirus-positive stool samples from children with acute diarrhea in Bari, Italy.
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