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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, August 2003, p. 3960-3963, Vol. 41, No. 8
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.8.3960-3963.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Detection of the Emerging Rotavirus G9 Serotype at High Frequency in Italy

Vito Martella,1* Valentina Terio,1 Giuseppe Del Gaudio,2 Mattia Gentile,3 Paola Fiorente,3 Salvatore Barbuti,2 and Canio Buonavoglia1

Department of Animal Health and Well-Being,1 Department of Internal Medicine and Public Medicine-Hygiene Section, University of Bari, Bari,2 Department of Medical Genetic I.R.C.C.S. "Saverio De Bellis," Castellana Grotte, Italy3

Received 27 November 2002/ Returned for modification 19 March 2003/ Accepted 27 May 2003

Group A human rotavirus strains belonging to the unusual serotype G9 were detected at high frequency in stool specimens from infected children with acute diarrhea in Bari, Italy, during a 15-month survey from March 2001 to June 2002. This may signify a local reemergence of the G9 rotaviruses detected in Italy in the early and mid-1990s or may be related to the global emergence of G9 rotaviruses in recent years.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Dipartimento di Sanità e Benessere Animale, Facoltà di Medicina Veterinaria di Bari, S.p. per Casamassima km 3, 70010 Valenzano, Bari, Italy. Phone: 39 (0)80 4679833. Fax: 39 (0)80 4679843. E-mail: v.martella{at}veterinaria.uniba.it.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, August 2003, p. 3960-3963, Vol. 41, No. 8
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.8.3960-3963.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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