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Variant P[8] rotavirus was detected in 307 stool specimens from children with acute diarrhea and was associated with an outbreak in 2005.
Observational (n=3,174)
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A variant P[8] rotavirus type, which required a newly designed primer for detection, was associated with a 2005 outbreak among children with acute diarrhea in Seoul.
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Alerts clinicians to emerging rotavirus variants in pediatric outbreaks; leaves open need for updated primers in surveillance.
Lee et al. (2008) conducted an observational in acute diarrhea (n=3,174). Rotavirus variant P[8] was evaluated on Prevalence of group A rotavirus and its genotypes. Variant P[8] rotavirus was detected in 307 stool specimens from children with acute diarrhea and was associated with an outbreak in 2005.
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