Table 1.

Distribution of rotavirus strains circulating among children hospitalized with acute gastroenteritis in the area of Milan, Northern Italy.

	P genotype
G genotype(s)	P[8]	P[4]	P-negative	Total
G1	58 (47.2)	0	16 (44.4)	74 (40.7)
G2	0	21 (91.3)	3 (8.3)	24 (13.2)
G3	6 (4.9)	2 (8.7)	2 (5.6)	10 (5.5)
G4	6 (4.9)	0	1 (2.8)	7 (3.8)
G9	37 (30.1)	0	4 (11.1)	41 (22.5)
G10	0	0	3 (8.3)	3 (1.6)
G1+G9	3 (2.4)	0	0	3 (1.6)
G1+G10	11 (8.9)	0	5 (13.9)	16 (8.9)
G2+G10	1 (0.8)	0	1 (2.8)	2 (1.1)
G-negative	1 (0.8)	0	1 (2.8)	2 (1.1)
Total	123 (100)	23 (100)	36 (100)	182 (100)

Data are numbers (percentage) of children