Re-emergence of genotype G9 during a five-and-a-half-year period in Turkish children with rotavirus diarrhea

Bozdayi G 1 , Altay A 1 , Yahiro T 2 , Ahmed S 2 , Meral M 1 , Dogan B 3 Show all authors , Dinc B 4 , Yeniaras A 5 , Bilge YD 5 , Ahmed K 6

Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey
  • 2 Department of Pathobiology and Medical Diagnostics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
  • 3 Department of Microbiology, Alanya State Hospital, Antalya, Turkey
  • 4 Department of Medical Microbiology, T. Yuksek Ihtisas Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
  • 5 Department of Pediatrics, Ministry of Health, Ankara Training and Education Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
  • 6 Department of Pathobiology and Medical Diagnostics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. ahmed@ums.edu.my
Arch Virol, 2016 Oct;161(10):2879-84.
PMID: 27444180 DOI: 10.1007/s00705-016-2986-5

Abstract

This study was done to understand the dynamics of rotavirus genotype distribution in Turkish children. Samples were collected from January 2006 through August 2011 from children at a hospital in Ankara. Rotavirus was detected in 28 % (241/889) of the samples. Genotype G9P[8] was predominant (28 %), followed by G1P[8] (16.3 %) and G2P[8] (15.9 %). G9 was absent in the samples from 2006 and 2007 and then re-emerged in 2008 and increased gradually. Phylogenetic analysis showed that Turkish G9 rotaviruses of the present study formed a sublineage with strains from Italy and Ethiopia, possibly indicating spread of a clone in these countries.

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