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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, May 2001, p. 1981-1984, Vol. 39, No. 5
0095-1137/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.5.1981-1984.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Rotavirus G and P Genotypes in Rural Ghana

Richard H. Asmah,1,* Jon Green,2 George E. Armah,1 Chris I. Gallimore,2 Jim J. Gray,3 Mirren Iturriza-Gómara,3 Francis Anto,4 Abraham Oduro,4 Fred N. Binka,4 David W. G. Brown,2 and Felicity Cutts5

Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Legon,1 and Navrongo Health Research Centre, Navrongo, Upper East Region,4 Ghana, and Enteric and Respiratory Virus Laboratory, Virus Reference Division, Central Public Health Laboratory, Colindale, London NW9 5HT,2 Clinical Microbiology and Public Health Laboratory, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge CB2 2QW,3 and London School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, London,5 United Kingdom

Received 20 November 2000/Returned for modification 27 January 2001/Accepted 4 March 2001

An epidemiological study of rotavirus infection was conducted on specimens collected from patients with gastroenteritis and domiciled in the rural Upper Eastern Region of Ghana during 1998. Fifty isolates, randomly selected from 165 human group A rotavirus-positive samples, were G and P characterized by a reverse transcription (RT)-PCR assay using a seminested multiplex method. Rotaviruses of the G3 genotype were found to be the predominant strain (78%), followed by G2 (14%) and G1 (2%). Mixed infections, as shown by combinations of G3 and G2 (4%) and G3 and G1 (2%), were also observed. P typing showed P[4] (72.34%) to be the prevalent strain, followed by P[6] (21.3%), P[8] (2.13%), and a combination of P[4] and P[6] (4.3%).

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana. Phone: 233 21 501179. Fax: 233 21 502182. E-mail: RAsmah{at}noguchi.mimcom.net.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, May 2001, p. 1981-1984, Vol. 39, No. 5
0095-1137/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.5.1981-1984.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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