Table 1. The names and rotavirus seasons of detection of the 27 Malawian G8 strains subjected to whole genome sequencing.

Rotavirus seasons	G8 strains (%)	G8 P[4]	G8 P[6]	G8 P[8]
1997–1998	96/220 (43.6 %)	MW1-006	MW1-023
		MW1-333	MW1-131
1998–1999	45/193 (23.3 %)	OP2-506	MW1-467
			MW1-860
			NeO2-007
			NeO2-025
1999–2000	23/121 (19.0 %)		MW2-026
2000–2001	61/114 (53.5 %)	MW2-489	OP2-384
		MW2-624
2001–2002	6/78 (7.7 %)
2002–2003	3/34 (8.8 %)	MW2-924
2003–2004	4/61 (6.6 %)	MW2-1114	OP2-668
2004–2005	21/120 (17.5 %)	MW2-1238	MW2-1189
		MW2-1246
2005–2006	5/96 (5.2 %)	QOP002	QEC29
2006–2007	35/93 (37.6 %)	QEC257		QEC287
		QOP250		QEC289
		QOP340
		QOP387
Total	299/1130 (26.5 %)