TABLE 2.
Distribution of rotavirus P types in sewage samples from Cairo and Barcelona
| City | Sampling dates | No. of positive samples (%)
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| P[4] | P[6] | P[8]a | P[8]b | P[8] total | P[9] | Total | ||
| Cairo | Nov. 1998-Oct. 1999 | 5 (16.6) | 9 (30.0) | 11 (36.6) | 5 (16.6) | 16 (53.3) | 0 (0.0) | 30 (99.9) |
| Barcelona | Nov. 1998-Oct. 1999 | 18 (36.7) | 6 (12.2) | 6 (12.2) | 17 (34.7) | 23 (46.9) | 2 (4.0) | 49 (99.8) |
| Nov. 1999-May 2000 | 74 (39.1) | 10 (5.3) | 26 (13.7) | 75 (39.7) | 101 (53.4) | 4 (2.1) | 189 (99.9) | |
| Nov. 2000-Oct. 2001 | 18 (37.5) | 8 (16.7) | 9 (18.7) | 9 (18.7) | 18 (37.4) | 4 (8.3) | 48 (99.9) | |
| Nov. 2001-Dec. 2002 | 4 (20.0) | 3 (15.0) | 3 (15.0) | 7 (35.0) | 10 (50.0) | 3 (15.0) | 20 (100.0) | |
| Total | 114 (37.2) | 27 (8.8) | 44 (14.4) | 108 (35.3) | 152 (49.7) | 13 (4.2) | 306 (99.9) | |
a
All samples were tested with primers 1T-1 and Con 3.
b
All samples that were negative with primers 1T-1 and Con 3 were also tested with primers 1T-1D and Con 3.