New Microbes and New Infections (Jan 2020)

Resurgence and predominance of G3P[8] human rotaviruses in north-central Bangladesh, 2018–2019

  • R. Mazid,
  • M.S. Aung,
  • S.K. Paul,
  • F.U. Ahmad,
  • M. Alam,
  • M.A. Ali,
  • P. Nath,
  • S. Ahmed,
  • N. Haque,
  • M.A. Hossain,
  • N. Kobayashi

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 33

Abstract

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Predominance of genotype G3P[8] rotavirus was revealed for children and adults with diarrhoea in north-central Bangladesh for a 1-year period from September 2018. The G3P[8] rotaviruses were phylogenetically close to recent Indian strains, having antigenic variation in VP7 and VP4 compared with old Bangladeshi strains. Keywords: Antigenic drift, Bangladesh, G3P[8], phylogenetic analysis, rotavirus