Australian Rotavirus Surveillance Program : Annual Report, 2017

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Roczo-Farkas, Susie
Cowley, Daniel
Bines, Julie E
Bradbury, S
Malinsky, E
Rawlinson, W
Lahra, M
Merif, J
Kesson, A
Tam, I
Sintchenko, V
Olna, T
Givney, R
Pearce, S
Delves, K
Spence, D
Wehrhahn, M
Karimi, M
Cook, H
Moore, F
McMahon, J
Nimmo, G
Bletchly, C
George, N
Lambert, S
Dang, L
Gilmore, G
Higgins, G
Schepetiuk, S
Williamson, J
Buttery, J
Kotsanas, D
Adamopolous, P
Hrysoudis, E
Gray, F
Quach, R
Smith, D
Levy, A
Lang, J
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2019
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This report, from the Australian Rotavirus Surveillance Program and collaborating laboratories Australia-wide, describes the rotavirus genotypes identified in children and adults with acute gastroenteritis during the period 1 January to 31 December 2017. During this period, 2,285 faecal specimens were referred for rotavirus G and P genotype analysis, including 1,103 samples that were confirmed as rotavirus positive. Of these, 1,014/1,103 were wildtype rotavirus strains and 89/1,103 were identified as rotavirus vaccine-like. Genotype analysis of the 1,014 wildtype rotavirus samples from both children and adults demonstrated that G2P[4] was the dominant genotype nationally, identified in 39% of samples, followed by equine-like G3P[8] and G8P[8] (25% and 16% respectively). Multiple outbreaks were recorded across Australia, including G2P[4] (Northern Territory, Western Australia, and South Australia), equine-like G3P[8] (New South Wales), and G8P[8] (New South Wales and Victoria). This year also marks the change in the Australian National Immunisation Program to the use of Rotarix exclusively, on 1 July 2017.

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Communicable Diseases Intelligence

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43

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© 2019 Commonwealth of Australia as represented by the Department of Health This publication is licensed under a Creative Commons AttributionNon-Commercial NoDerivatives 4.0 International Licence (Licence), which permits unrestricted, non-commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, providing that the work is properly cited.

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Clinical sciences

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rotavirus

gastroenteritis

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Roczo-Farkas, et al., Australian Rotavirus Surveillance Program : Annual Report, 2017, Communicable Diseases Intelligence, 2019, 43

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