Volume 18, Number 4—April 2012
Research
Emergence of Unusual G6P[6] Rotaviruses in Children, Burkina Faso, 2009–2010
Johan Nordgren1
, Leon W. Nitiema1, Sumit Sharma, Djeneba Ouermi, Alfred S. Traore, Jacques Simpore, and Lennart Svensson
, Leon W. Nitiema1, Sumit Sharma, Djeneba Ouermi, Alfred S. Traore, Jacques Simpore, and Lennart SvenssonTable 2
Clinical differences between subgroup SGI and SGII rotaviruses and the 3 most common G, P, and VP6 type constellations in Burkina Faso, December 2009–March 2010
| Isolate type | No. specimens* | Patient characteristics and clinical signs |
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| Age |
Vomiting |
Fever† |
Severe dehydration |
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| Mo ± SD | p value | No. (%) | p value | No. (%) | p value | No. (%) | p value | |||||
| SGI | 39 | 15.0 ± 8.5 | 30 (77) | 14 (36) | 5 (13) | |||||||
| SGII | 59 | 11.8 ± 5.0 | 0.038‡ | 50 (85) | 0.33‡ | 33 (56) | 0.052‡ | 16 (27) | 0.09‡ | |||
| G1P[6]SGI | 11 | 15.5 ± 11.0 | 8 (73) | 4 (36) | 0 (0) | |||||||
| G6P[6]SGI | 11 | 16.6 ± 10.2 | 9 (82) | 4 (36) | 2 (18) | |||||||
| G9P[8]SGII | 48 | 11.6 ± 4.6 | 0.069§ | 43 (90) | 0.320§ | 24 (50) | 0.29§ | 16 (33) | 0.03§ | |||
*Two samples positive for both SGI and SGII were excluded.
†Temperature >38°C.
‡SGI versus SGII.
§G9P[8]SGII versus G1P[6]SGI and G6P[6]SGI.
1These authors contributed equally to this article.
