TABLE 1.
Distribution of rotavirus G types in two areas of Hungary
| Area, serotype, or category | No. (%) of strains positive
|
Total no. (%) positive | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992-1993 | 1993-1994 | 1994-1995 | 1995-1996 | 1996-1997 | 1997-1998 | 1998-1999 | 1999-2000 | ||
| BaCa | |||||||||
| G1 | 6 (66.7) | 18 (100) | 4 (100) | 9 (100) | 52 (57.8) | 46 (66.7) | 32 (84.2) | 17 (22.7) | 184 (59.0) |
| G2 | 27 (30.0) | 3 (4.3) | 1 (2.6) | 13 (17.3) | 44 (14.1) | ||||
| G3 | 1 (1.1) | 1 (1.4) | 1 (1.3) | 3 (1.0) | |||||
| G4 | 3 (33.3) | 4 (4.4) | 2 (5.3) | 32 (42.7) | 41 (13.1) | ||||
| G6 | 3 (4.3) | 1 (1.3) | 4 (1.3) | ||||||
| G9 | 5 (6.7) | 5 (1.6) | |||||||
| Mixed | 9 (13.0) | 3 (4.0) | 12 (3.8) | ||||||
| Nontypeable | 6 (6.7) | 7 (10.1) | 3 (7.9) | 3 (4.0) | 19 (6.1) | ||||
| BPb | |||||||||
| G1 | 95 (67.4) | 114 (65.5) | 194 (85.9) | 119 (57.5) | 79 (28.7) | 130 (81.8) | 141 (78.8) | 197 (56.8) | 1069 (62.6) |
| G2 | 1 (0.7) | 12 (6.9) | 2 (0.9) | 38 (18.3) | 127 (46.2) | 2 (1.3) | 3 (1.7) | 17 (4.9) | 202 (11.8) |
| G3 | 4 (2.8) | 1 (0.4) | 12 (5.8) | 1 (0.4) | 1 (0.6) | 3 (1.7) | 4 (1.1) | 26 (1.5) | |
| G4 | 30 (21.3) | 38 (21.8) | 12 (5.3) | 1 (0.5) | 2 (0.7) | 2 (1.3) | 1 (0.6) | 2 (0.6) | 88 (5.1) |
| G6 | 5 (2.4) | 2 (0.7) | 1 (0.6) | 6 (3.3) | 3 (0.8) | 17 (1.0) | |||
| G9 | 1 (0.6) | 52 (15.0) | 53 (3.1) | ||||||
| Mixed | 4 (2.8) | 5 (2.9) | 1 (0.4) | 2 (1.0) | 6 (2.2) | 5 (3.1) | 7 (3.9) | 11 (3.2) | 41 (2.4) |
| Nontypeable | 7 (5.0) | 5 (2.9) | 16 (7.1) | 30 (14.5) | 58 (21.1) | 17 (10.7) | 18 (10.0) | 61 (17.6) | 212 (12.4) |
For BaC, the total numbers of rotavirus-positive stool samples that were G typed were as follows: for 1992-1993, 9 of 32 (28.1%); for 1993-1994, 18 of 37 (48.7%); for 1994-1995, 4 of 27 (14.8%); for 1995- 1996, 9 of 24 (37.5%); for 1996-1997, 90 of 141 (63.8%); for 1997-1998, 69 of 86 (80.2%); for 1998-1999, 38 of 109 (34.9%); for 1999-2000, 75 of 142 (52.8%); and for all years combined, 312 of 598 (52.2%).
For BP, the total numbers of rotavirus-positive stool samples that were G typed were as follows: for 1992-1993, 141 of 266 (53.0%); for 1993-1994, 174 of 582 (29.9%); for 1994-1995, 226 of 481 (47.0%); for 1995-1996, 207 of 341 (60.7%); for 1996-1997, 275 of 476 (57.8%); for 1997-1998, 159 of 474 (33.5%); for 1998-1999, 179 of 351 (50.9%); for 1999-2000, 347 of 604 (57.5%); and for all years combined, 1,708 of 3,575 (47.7%).