Molecular Epidemiology of Human Rotavirus in Ten Cities of Shandong Province in China
Abstract: Using the PAGE method, we analysed the electrophoretic types of RNA rotavirus obtained from 170 stool samples with infantile diarrhea from ten cities in Shandao from 1985—1986, In 3 cities subgroup Ⅰ rotavirus was found to be the main etiologic agent, subgroup Ⅱ in other 3 cities and both subgroups were found prevailing in the rest cites. Among 34 different electrophoretic typs observed, 14 belong to subgroup Ⅰ and 20 to subgroup Ⅱ。In the cities with two subgroups co-prevailing, there were far more electrop...