Human Rotavirus G9 and G3 as Major Cause of Diarrhea in Hospitalized Children, Spain

In Spain, diarrhea remains a major cause of illness among infants and young children. To determine the prevalence of rotavirus genotypes and temporal and geographic differences in strain distribution, a structured surveillance study of hospitalized children 11.4% of the samples studied during 2005.This work was partly supported by grant no. MPY1176/04 from ISCIII. V. Montero and S. Moreno were supported by a grant from ISCIII.S