Dominance of Emerging G9 and G12 Genotypes and Polymorphism of VP7 and VP4 of Rotaviruses from Bhutanese Children with Severe Diarrhea Prior to the Introduction of Vaccine

• Sonam Wangchuk,

  Affiliation Public Health Laboratory, Department of Public Health, Ministry of Health, Thimphu, Bhutan

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• Marcelo T. Mitui,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, Yufu, Japan

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• Kinlay Tshering,

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Jigme Dorji Wangchuk National Referral Hospital, Thimphu, Bhutan

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• Takaaki Yahiro,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, Yufu, Japan

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• Purushotam Bandhari,

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Mongar Regional Referral Hospital, Mongar, Bhutan

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• Sangay Zangmo,

  Affiliation Public Health Laboratory, Department of Public Health, Ministry of Health, Thimphu, Bhutan

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• Tshering Dorji,

  Affiliation Public Health Laboratory, Department of Public Health, Ministry of Health, Thimphu, Bhutan

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• Karchung Tshering,

  Affiliation Public Health Laboratory, Department of Public Health, Ministry of Health, Thimphu, Bhutan

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• Takashi Matsumoto,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, Yufu, Japan

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• Akira Nishizono,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, Yufu, Japan

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• Kamruddin Ahmed

  * E-mail: ahmed@oita-u.ac.jp

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, Yufu, Japan, Research Promotion Institute, Oita University, Yufu, Japan

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