Clinical and Molecular Characteristics of Human Rotavirus G8P[8] Outbreak Strain, Japan, 2014

• DOI: 10.3201/eid2306.160038
• Publication Date: 2017-04-07T14:24:16Z
• Authors: Kenji Kondo; Takeshi Tsugawa; Mayumi Ono; Toshio Ohara; Shinsuke Fujibayashi; Yasuo Tahara; Noriaki Kubo; Shuji Nakata; Yoshihito Higashi...; Yoshiki Fujii; Kazuhiko Katayama; Yuko Yoto; Hiroyuki Tsutsumi
• Keywords: Reassortment; Strain (injury); Molecular Epidemiology

During March-July 2014, rotavirus G8P[8] emerged as the predominant cause of gastroenteritis among children in Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan. Clinical characteristics were similar for infections caused by G8 and non-G8 strains. Sequence phylogenetic analyses suggest strains generated multiple reassortment events between DS-1-like P[8] bovine from Asia.