TABLE 3.
Age distribution of patients infected with different rotavirus genotypes found between the 1995–1996 and 1997–1998 rotavirus seasons
| G-P combination | No. (%) of isolates from patients of the following ages:
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|---|---|---|---|
| <5 yr | 5–99 yr | P value by χ2 test | |
| G1P[8] | 1,844 (77.1) | 189 (60.4) | <0.001 |
| G2P[4] | 247 (10.3) | 73 (23.3) | <0.001 |
| G3P[8] | 79 (3.3) | 16 (5.1) | NSa |
| G4P[8] | 95 (4.0) | 11 (3.5) | NS |
| G1P[4] | 27 (1.1) | 1 (0.3) | NCb |
| G1P[6] | 2 (0.1) | 0 (0.0) | NC |
| G1P[9] | 3 (0.1) | 0 (0.0) | NC |
| G2P[8] | 6 (0.3) | 2 (0.6) | NC |
| G3P[6] | 10 (0.4) | 1 (0.3) | NC |
| G3P[9] | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | NC |
| G4P[4] | 5 (0.2) | 0 (0.0) | NC |
| G4P[6] | 1 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | NC |
| G8P[8] | 2 (0.1) | 0 (0.0) | NC |
| G9P[6] | 21 (0.9) | 2 (0.6) | NC |
| G9P[8] | 49 (2.0) | 18 (5.8) | <0.001 |
| Total | 2,391 | 313 | |
a
NS, not significant.
b
NC, not calculated when the number of samples in one age group was less than 5.