TABLE 3.
Distribution of common and uncommon rotavirus strains in different countries and in Cairo and Barcelona
| Strains | % of strains
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States (1996-1999)a | India (1996-1998)b | People's Republic of China (1998-2000)c | Argentina (1996-1998)d | Sousse (Tunisia) (1995-1999)e | Valencia (Spain) (1996-1999)f | Cairo (Egypt) (1998-1999) | Barcelona (Spain) (1998-2002) | |
| Common strains | ||||||||
| P[8]G1 | 76 | 15 | 29 | 12/23 | 50 | 43 | 38.5 | 38.8 |
| P[8]G3 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0/0.2 | 0 | 2 | 11.5 | 11.6 |
| P[8]G4 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4/11 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| P[4]G2 | 11 | 22 | 31 | 43/30 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0.8 |
| Total | 90 | 43 | 75 | 59/64 | 58 | 83 | 50 | 51.2 |
| Uncommon strains | ||||||||
| P[6]G1 | 0.5 | 0 | 2.4 | —/1.4g | 0 | 0 | 27 | 5.8 |
| P[4]G1 | 0.1 | 0 | 4.1 | 14/2.7 | 21 | 0 | 11.5 | 30.6 |
| P[6]G4 | — | 0.7 | 2.8 | —/0.2 | 21 | 0 | 7.7 | 0 |
| P[8]G9 | 1 | 5 | 0.3 | — | 0 | — | 3.8 | 0.8 |
| P[4]G3 | — | 0 | 4.1 | 0/— | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.6 |
| P[9]G1 | — | — | 2.8 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.6 |
| P[6]G3 | — | 0.7 | 1.7 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.6 |
| P[9]G3 | 0.2 | — | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| P[6]G9 | 3.2 | 9 | 3.8 | —/0.4 | 0 | — | 0 | 0.8 |
| P[8]G5 | — | — | — | —/0.4 | — | — | 0 | 0.8 |
| Total | 5 | 15.4 | 24 | 14/5.1 | 42 | 0 | 50 | 48.6 |
a
Data from reference 20.
b
Data from reference 23.
c
Data from reference 12.
d
Data from reference 3/data from reference 4.
e
Data from reference 32.
f
Data from reference 7.
g
—, no data available.