TABLE 1.

Distribution of rotavirus G serotypes isolated from children with diarrhea in China, by region, 1998-2000

Region	Yr(s) isolated	No. (%) of:
		Total rotavirus strains isolated	Serotypea					Nontypeable strains	Mixed infections
			G1	G2	G3	G4	G9
Changchun	1998-1999	127	118	4	6	3	0	2	6
	1999-2000	186	174	14	3	1	0	2	8
Qinhuangdao	1998-1999	71	36	3	32	2	0	0	2
	1999-2000	168	126	31	6	7	1	1	4
Beijing	1998-1999	47	35	3	9	1	0	0	1
	1999-2000	70	26	37	8	0	0	0	1
Zhengzhou	1999	81	9	1	70	2	0	0	1
Hangzhou	1998	24	22	1	1	1	0	0	1
	1999	24	19	1	5	0	0	0	1
Fuzhou	1998-1999	81	71	1	2	7	0	1	1
	1999-2000	71	50	12	8	2	0	1	2
Guangzhou	1998	57	53	4	0	0	0	0	0
	1999-2000	75	58	10	9	0	0	0	2
Lanzhou	1999-2000	34	15	5	18	0	2	0	6
Chengdu	1998-1999	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kunming	1998-1999	39	35	2	4	1	0	0	3
	1999-2000	144	96	29	4	5	9	2	1
Subtotal	1998-1999	452	376 (83.2)	18 (4.0)	54 (11.9)	15 (3.3)	0 (0)	3 (0.7)	14 (3.1)
	1999-2000	853	573 (67.2)	140 (16.4)	131 (15.4)	17 (2.0)	12 (1.4)	6 (0.7)	26 (3.1)
Total	1998-2000	1,305	949 (72.7)	158 (12.1)	185 (14.2)	32 (2.5)	12 (0.9)	9 (0.7)	40 (3.1)

^aMixed infections are included in totals.