Clinical and Molecular Characteristics of Human Rotavirus G8P[8] Outbreak Strain, Japan, 2014
Kenji Kondo, Takeshi Tsugawa
, Mayumi Ono, Toshio Ohara, Shinsuke Fujibayashi, Yasuo Tahara, Noriaki Kubo, Shuji Nakata, Yoshihito Higashidate, Yoshiki Fujii, Hirokazu Kimura, Yuko Yoto, and Hiroyuki Tsutsumi
Author affiliations: Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan (K. Kondo, T. Tsugawa, M. Ono, Y. Yoto, H. Tsutsumi); Tomakomai City Hospital, Tomakomai, Japan (T. Ohara); Tomakomai Children's Clinic, Tomakomai (S. Fujibayashi); Steel Memorial Muroran Hospital, Muroran, Japan (Y. Tahara); Japanese Red Cross Urakawa Hospital, Urakawa, Japan (N. Kubo); Nakata Pediatric Clinic, Sapporo (S. Nakata); Sapporo Hokushin Hospital, Sapporo (Y. Higashidate); National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan (Y. Fujii, K. Katayama)
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Figure 1. Distribution of rotavirus samples and their G/P genotypes in Hokkaido Prefecture (center map), Japan, 2014. The 4 locations from which the fecal samples were collected are shown on the map. Four hospitals (Tomakomai City Hospital, Japanese Red Cross Urakawa Hospital, Steel Memorial Muroran Hospital, and Sapporo Hokushin Hospital), and 2 clinics (Nakata Pediatric Clinic [Sapporo] and Tomakomai Children's Clinic) participated in the study. Map at left shows location of Hokkaido in Japan (gray shading).
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