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Table 2 Rate of rotavirus A (RVA) detection by age group and rate of detection of distinct RVA genotypes in the ore- and post-vaccination periods in Brazil, 1996–2017

From: The evolving epidemiology of rotavirus A infection in Brazil a decade after the introduction of universal vaccination with Rotarix®

 

1996 to 2005 (pre-vaccination period)

2006 to 2017 (post-vaccination period)

p-value (chi-square test)

Age group

 1–3 months

108/587 (18.4%)

91/729 (12.5%)

0.003

 4–11 months

668/2006 (33.3%)

415/2547 (16.3%)

<  0.001

 12–24 months

607/2154 (28.2%)

680/3068 (22.2%)

<  0.001

 25–48 months

215/1235 (17.4%)

505/1782 (28.3%)

< 0.001

 49–144 months

164/1048 (15.6%)

332/1556 (21.3%)

< 0.001

 Total

1762/7030 (25.1%)

1903/9155 (20.8%)

< 0.001

RVAa genotypes

 G1P [8] / G1P[NTb]

417/855 (48.8%)

118/1835 (6.4%)

< 0.001

 G2P [4] / G2P[NT]

47/855 (5.5%)

838/1835 (45.7%)

<  0.001

 G3P [8] / G3P[NT]

55/855 (6.4%)

253/1835 (13.8%)

< 0.001

 G9P [8] / G9P[NT]

238/855 (27.8%)

152/1835 (8.3%)

<  0.001

 G12P [8] / G12P[NT]

249/1835 (13.6%)

< 0.001

  1. aRotavirus A; bNot typed