Emerging Infectious Diseases (Jun 2017)

Clinical and Molecular Characteristics of Human Rotavirus G8P[8] Outbreak Strain, Japan, 2014

  • Kenji Kondo,
  • Takeshi Tsugawa,
  • Mayumi Ono,
  • Toshio Ohara,
  • Shinsuke Fujibayashi,
  • Yasuo Tahara,
  • Noriaki Kubo,
  • Shuji Nakata,
  • Yoshihito Higashidate,
  • Yoshiki Fujii,
  • Hirokazu Kimura,
  • Yuko Yoto,
  • Hiroyuki Tsutsumi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2306.160038
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 23, no. 6
pp. 968 – 972

Abstract

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During March–July 2014, rotavirus G8P[8] emerged as the predominant cause of rotavirus gastroenteritis among children in Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan. Clinical characteristics were similar for infections caused by G8 and non-G8 strains. Sequence and phylogenetic analyses suggest the strains were generated by multiple reassortment events between DS-1–like P[8] strains and bovine strains from Asia.

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