Human Rotavirus G9 and G3 as Major Cause of Diarrhea in Hospitalized Children, Spain

Abstract

In Spain, diarrhea remains a major cause of illness among infants and young children. To determine the prevalence of rotavirus genotypes and temporal and geographic differences in strain distribution, a structured surveillance study of hospitalized children 11.4% of the samples studied during 2005.

Keywords

• Rotavirus
• genotypes G
• genotypes P
• Spain
• hospitalized
• children