TABLE 2.
Electropherotypes and G and P types of Malawi rotavirus strains
| E-typea | n | No. of strains typed as:
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P[6]
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P[8]
|
P[4]
|
Mixedb | NTc | |||||||||
| G1 | G3 | G4 | G8 | G9 | G1 | G3 | G4 | G3 | G8 | ||||
| Long | 250 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 106 | 89 | 17 | 1 | 11 | 4 | ||
| Short | 133 | 98 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| Mixed | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Indeterminate | 29 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| No. (%) | 414 (100) | 7 (1.7) | 12 (2.9) | 3 (0.7) | 110 (26.6) | 3 (0.7) | 111 (26.8) | 93 (22.5) | 21 (5.1) | 1 (0.2) | 31 (7.5) | 15 (3.6) | 7 (1.7) |
a
E-type, electropherotype.
b
Mixed strains comprised (i) long e-type: P[6+8], G1 (5 strains); P[6+8], G3 (one strain); P[4+8], G3 (two strains); P[6], G3+8 (one strain); P[8], G1+3 (one strain); P[8], G1+3+8 (one strain); (ii) short e-type: P[6+8], G1 (one strain); P[4], G3+8 (one strain); (iii) mixed e-type: P[4+8], G3 (one strain); and (iv) indeterminate e-type: P[6], G3+8 (one strain).
c
All strains were nontypeable (NT) with respect to their P type. These comprised strains with (i) long e-type (G3, two strains; G4, one strain; G8, one strain); (ii) short e-type (G8, one strain); and (iii) indeterminate e-type (G3, one strain; G8, one strain).