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标题：Report of the Australian Rotavirus Surveillance Program, 2001/2002
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作者：Carl Kirkwood ; Nada Bogdanovic-Sakran ; Ruth Clark 等
期刊名称：Communicable Diseases Intelligence
印刷版ISSN：1447-4514
电子版ISSN：1445-4866
出版年度：2002
卷号：26
期号：4
页码：537-540
出版社：Government Department of Health and Ageing
摘要：The National Rotavirus Reference Centre together with collaborating laboratories Australia-wide hasconducted rotavirus surveillance since June 1999. The serotypes of rotavirus strains that areresponsible for the hospitalisation of children with acute gastroenteritis were determined for theperiod 1 June 2001 to 31 June 2002. We examined 754 rotavirus samples using a combination ofmonoclonal antibody immunoassay, reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction, and Northernhybridisation. For the first time, serotype G9 strains were the most prevalent type nationally (40.4%)and found in 8 of the 9 centres. Serotype G1 strains were the second most prevalent type (38.9%),identified in 5 of the centres. These findings have important implications for vaccine developmentstrategies which target serotypes G1-G4
关键词：rotavirus; gastroenteritis