TY - JOUR
T1 - Emergence and characterization of human Rotavirus G9 strains in Tunisia
AU - Chouikha, Anissa
AU - Fodha, Imene
AU - Bouslama, Lamjed
AU - Hadj Fredj, Mouna Ben
AU - Jaoua, Samir
AU - Noureddine, Boujaafar
AU - Trabelsi, Abdelhalim
AU - Steele, Andrew Duncan
N1 - Funding Information:
Supplement sponsorship: This article was published as part of a supplement entitled “Global Rotavirus Surveillance: Preparing for the Introduction of Rotavirus Vaccines,” which was prepared as a project of the Rotavirus Vaccine Program, a partnership between PATH, the World Health Organization, and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and was funded in full or in part by the GAVI Alliance.
PY - 2009/11
Y1 - 2009/11
N2 - Among human rotaviruses, G9 has emerged as the fifth most important genotype circulating globally. Ongoing surveillance of rotavirus in Tunisia during the past 10 years identified the first G9 strains in 2004. These strains exhibited the P[8] VP4 genotype and had a long RNA electrophoretype. The G9 strains were characterized by phylogenetic analysis of the VP7 gene sequence and showed high identity with other human rotavirus G9 strains belonging to the rotavirus VP7 lineage group III.
AB - Among human rotaviruses, G9 has emerged as the fifth most important genotype circulating globally. Ongoing surveillance of rotavirus in Tunisia during the past 10 years identified the first G9 strains in 2004. These strains exhibited the P[8] VP4 genotype and had a long RNA electrophoretype. The G9 strains were characterized by phylogenetic analysis of the VP7 gene sequence and showed high identity with other human rotavirus G9 strains belonging to the rotavirus VP7 lineage group III.
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U2 - 10.1086/605029
DO - 10.1086/605029
M3 - Article
C2 - 19817604
AN - SCOPUS:72849140965
SN - 0022-1899
VL - 200
SP - S239-S243
JO - Journal of Infectious Diseases
JF - Journal of Infectious Diseases
IS - SUPPL. 1
ER -
