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. 1993 Aug;31(8):2195–2197. doi: 10.1128/jcm.31.8.2195-2197.1993

Relative frequency of VP4 gene alleles among human rotaviruses recovered over a 10-year period (1982-1991) from Japanese children with diarrhea.

S Gunasena 1, O Nakagomi 1, Y Isegawa 1, E Kaga 1, T Nakagomi 1, A D Steele 1, J Flores 1, S Ueda 1
PMCID: PMC265721  PMID: 8396591

Abstract

The relative frequencies of the Wa (corresponding to serotype P1A), DS-1(P1B), M37(P2), and AU-1(P3) alleles of the VP4 gene from rotaviruses collected from the stools of individuals in Japan between 1982 and 1991 were determined to be 83.1, 15.6, 0, and 1.3%, respectively, by a polymerase chain reaction-based typing assay.

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