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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, September 2004, p. 4297-4299, Vol. 42, No. 9
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.9.4297-4299.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Surveillance Study (2000 to 2001) of G- and P-Type Human Rotaviruses Circulating in South Korea

Bok Soon Min,1,2 Yoon Ju Noh,1 Jin Ho Shin,1 Sun Young Baek,1 Jae Ok Kim,1 Kyung Il Min,1 Seung Rel Ryu,1 Byoug Guk Kim,1 Do Keun Kim,1 Seok Ho Lee,1 Hong Ki Min,1 Byung Yoon Ahn,2 and Sue Nie Park1*

Division of Viral Products, Korea Food and Drug Administration,1 School of Life Science and Biotechnology, Korea University,Seoul, Korea2

Received 22 September 2003/ Returned for modification 16 October 2003/ Accepted 7 May 2004

Human rotavirus VP4 and VP7 gene sequences were amplified by reverse transcription-PCR from 53% (322 of 607) of fecal specimens collected from children with severe diarrhea who visited hospitals in six urban areas of South Korea in 2000 and 2001. G2 was the most frequently found G type (constituted 50.6%), followed by G1 (30.1%) and G4 (13.0%). Although the P types of high incidence were P[4] (53.1%) and P[8] (21.4%), a significant incidence of P[6] (20.2%) was also noticeable. The commonest G- and P-type combination found in this study was G2P[4], rather than G1P[8], the most prevalent type known worldwide.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Division of Viral Products, Korea Food and Drug Administration, 5 Nokbun-dong, Eunpyeong-gu, Seoul, 122-704, Republic of Korea. Phone: 82-2-380-1751. Fax: 82-2-383-8322. E-mail: suenie{at}kfda.go.kr.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, September 2004, p. 4297-4299, Vol. 42, No. 9
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.9.4297-4299.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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