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Expanding Global Distribution of Rotavirus Serotype G9: Detection in Libya, Kenya, and Cuba

2001; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Volume: 7; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.3201/eid0705.017521

1080-6059

Nigel A. Cunliffe, Winifred Dove, James Bunn, M. Ben Ramadam, James Nyangao, Raul L. Riveron, Luís E. Cuevas, C. Anthony Hart,

Hepatitis Viruses Studies and Epidemiology

Abstract Serotype G9 may be the fifth most common human rotavirus serotype, after serotypes G1 to G4. In three cross-sectional studies of childhood diarrhea, we have detected serotype G9 rotaviruses for the first time in Libya, Kenya, and Cuba. Serotype G9 constituted 27% of all rotaviruses identified, emphasizing the reemergence of serotype G9 and suggesting that future human rotavirus vaccines will need to protect against disease caused by this serotype.