First detection of DS-1-like G1P[8] human rotavirus strains from children with diarrhoea in the Philippines
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D. Yamamoto, A. Tandoc, III, E. Mercado, F. Quicho, S. Lupisan, M. Obata-Saito, M. Okamoto, A. Suzuki, R. Tamaki, L. Sombrero, R. Olveda and H. Oshitani 1) Tohoku-RITM Collaborating Research Center for Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases, Metro Manila, Philippines, 2) Department of Virology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan, 3) Research Institute for Tropical Medicine, Metro Manila, Philippines and 4) Ospital ng Palawan, Puerto Princesa, Philippines
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