Sanchez-Fauquier, AliciaMontero, VanessaMoreno, SilviaSole, MonicaColomina, JavierIturriza-Gomara, MirenRevilla, AnaWilhelmi, IsabelGray, JimGegavi/VIGESS-Net Group2019-01-102019-01-102006-10Emerg Infect Dis. 2006;12(10):1536-41.1080-6040http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12105/6994In 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 <5 years of age with diarrhea was initiated in different regions of Spain during 2005. Rotavirus was detected alone in samples from 362 (55.2%) samples and as a coinfection with other viruses in 41 samples (6.3%). Enteropathogenic bacterial agents were detected in 4.9% of samples; astrovirus and norovirus RNA was detected in 3.2% and 12.0% samples, respectively; and adenovirus antigen was detected in 1.8% samples. Including mixed infections, the most predominant G type was G9 (50.6%), followed by G3 (33.0%) and G1 (20.2%). Infection with multiple rotavirus strains was detected in >11.4% of the samples studied during 2005.engVoRhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Base SequenceChild, PreschoolDiarrheaHumansInfantInfant, NewbornPrevalenceReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionRotavirusSpainAtribución-4.0 Internacional171765681210154110.3201/eid1210.060384Emerging Infectious Diseasesopen access