Volume 13, Number 1—January 2007
Research
Prevalence of G2P[4] and G12P[6] Rotavirus, Bangladesh
Mustafizur Rahman*†
, Rasheda Sultana*, Giasuddin Ahmed*, Sharifun Nahar*, Zahid M. Hassan*, Farjana Saiada*, Goutam Podder*, Abu S. G. Faruque*, A. K. Siddique*, David A. Sack*, Jelle Matthijnssens†, Marc Van Ranst†, and Tasnim Azim*
, Rasheda Sultana*, Giasuddin Ahmed*, Sharifun Nahar*, Zahid M. Hassan*, Farjana Saiada*, Goutam Podder*, Abu S. G. Faruque*, A. K. Siddique*, David A. Sack*, Jelle Matthijnssens†, Marc Van Ranst†, and Tasnim Azim*Table 3
Distribution of G and P genotypes of rotavirus strains, Bangladesh, January 2001–May 2006
| G type | P type | No. (%) rotavirus strains* | Total no. (%) rotavirus strains | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dhaka | Matlab | |||
| G1 | P[6] | 1 (0.4) | 2 (1.0) | 3 (0.6) |
| G1 | P[8] | 85 (31.3) | 74 (37.2) | 159 (33.8) |
| G2 | P[4] | 55 (20.2) | 40 (20.1) | 95 (20.2) |
| G2 | P[6] | 1 (0.4) | 0 | 1 (0.2) |
| G2 | P[8] | 2 (0.7) | 0 | 2 (0.4) |
| G4 | P[8] | 26 (9.6) | 13 (6.5) | 39 (8.3) |
| G9 | P[6] | 7 (2.6) | 2 (1.0) | 9 (1.9) |
| G9 | P[8] | 67 (24.6) | 52 (26.1) | 119 (25.3) |
| G11 | P[6] | 1 (0.4) | 0 | 1 (0.2) |
| G11 | P[8] | 1 (0.4) | 1 (0.5) | 2 (0.4) |
| G12 | P[6] | 16 (5.9) | 5 (2.5) | 21 (4.5) |
| G12 | P[8] | 2 (0.7) | 3 (1.5) | 5 (1.1) |
| Mixed G/P | 8 (3.0) | 7 (3.5) | 15 (3.2) | |
| Total | 272 (100.1) | 199 (99.9) | 471 (100.0) | |
*The percentage of the total for Dhaka is >100% and for Matlab <100% because each number was rounded off to the nearest one tenth of 1%.
