Rotavirus diarrhea in children and adults in a southern city of Brazil in 2003: Distribution of G/P types and finding of a rare G12 strain

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 78, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1241-1249

  Pietruchinski, Eduardo ^a   Benati, Fabrício ^a   Lauretti, Flávio ^a   Kisielius, Jonas ^b   Ueda, Marli ^b   Volotão, Eduardo M ^c   Soares, Caroline C ^c   Hoshino, Yasutaka ^d   Linhares, Rosa Elisa C ^a   Nozawa, Carlos ^a   Santos, Norma ^c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

G12; Gastroenteritis; Genotyping; Rotavirus

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CELL CULTURE; DIARRHEA; GASTROENTERITIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; ROTAVIRUS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS NEUTRALIZATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; DIARRHEA; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FECES; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, VIRAL; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; URBAN POPULATION;

ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS A;

EID: 33746804104     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.20686     Document Type: Article

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