Table 2. Serotyping results from Australian centers January–December, 2001.
Location | n | % of rotavirus-positive samples by serotype |
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G1 | G2 | G3 | G4 | G9 | NTa | ||
Western Australia | |||||||
Urban | 306 | 67.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | – | 18.6 | 15.1 |
Remote | 102 | 34.3 | 1 | – | 1 | 45.1 | 18.9 |
Northern Australia (including Mt. Isa) | |||||||
Alice Springs | 161 | 24.8 | – | – | – | 69 | 6.2 |
Darwin | 74 | 5.4 | – | – | 1 | 81 | 12.2 |
Gove | 31 | – | – | – | – | 100 | – |
Mt. Isa | 25 | – | – | – | – | 100 | – |
Southern Australia | |||||||
Melbourne | 176 | 48.3 | 4.6 | 0 | 6.8 | 10.2 | 30.1 |
aNontypeable results include samples with mixed serotype results and samples that do not react with any of the serotyping monoclonal antibodies.