Volume 12, Number 10—October 2006
Research
Human Rotavirus G9 and G3 as Major Cause of Diarrhea in Hospitalized Children, Spain
Alicia Sánchez-Fauquier*
, Vanessa Montero*, Silvia Moreno*, Monica Solé*, Javier Colomina†, Miren Iturriza-Gomara‡, Ana Revilla*, Isabel Wilhelmi§, Jim Gray†, and Gegavi/VIGESS-Net Group
, Vanessa Montero*, Silvia Moreno*, Monica Solé*, Javier Colomina†, Miren Iturriza-Gomara‡, Ana Revilla*, Isabel Wilhelmi§, Jim Gray†, and Gegavi/VIGESS-Net Group
Table 3
Rotavirus G genotypes in children <5 years of age, hospitalized with gastroenteritis, by region, Spain, 2005–2006
| Rotavirus G types | No. samples (%) | Total no. samples (%) N = 352† | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albacete, n = 79 | Cáceres, n = 86 | León, n = 23 | Fuenlabrada, n = 28 | Leganés, n = 121 | Valencia, n = 15 | ||
| G1* | 20 (25.3) | 10 (11.6) | 4 (17.4) | 4 (14.3) | 21 (17.4) | 11 (73.3) | 71 (20.2) |
| G2* | 2 (2.5) | 4 (4.7) | 2 (8.7) | 4 (14.3) | 13 (10.7) | 0 | 25 (7.1) |
| G3* | 36 (45.6) | 36 (41.9) | 5 (21.7) | 11 (39.3) | 27 (22.3) | 0 | 116 (33.0) |
| G4* | 0 | 1 (1.2) | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.8) | 0 | 2 (0.6) |
| G9* | 25 (31.6) | 52 (60.5) | 13 (56.5) | 13 (46.4) | 71 (58.7) | 2 (13.3) | 178 (50.6) |
| G1 + G2 | 1 (1.3) | 1 (1.2) | 0 | 2 (7.1) | 0 | 0 | 4 (1.1) |
| G1 + G9 | 1 (1.3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (1.7) | 1 (6.7) | 4 (1.1) |
| G1 + G3 | 0 (0.0( | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.8) | 0 | 1 (0.3) |
| G2 + G9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (2.5) | 0 | 3 (0.9) |
| G3 + G9 | 2 (2.5) | 16 (18.6) | 1 (4.3) | 2 (7.1) | 6 (5.0) | 1 (6.7) | 28 (8.0) |
*Includes mixed infections.
†G typing for 10 samples could not be determined.
1Gegavi/VIGESS-Net Group members: A. Sánchez-Fauquier, V. Montero, S. Moreno, A. Potente, F. Adam, J.C. Sanz, J. Colomina, S. Llanes, F. Gimeno, C. Gutiérrez, C. Sainz de Baranda, M.J. López, P. Teno, E. Roman, M. Alonso, M. Marugán, I. Fernández, I. Wilhelmi, M.L. Cilleruelo
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