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Genomic and antigenic variation among rotavirus strains circulating in a large city of Argentina.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Aug 2000
Espul C, Cuello H, Martinez N, Centorbi O, O'Ryan M, Jackson L, Campos F, Matson D O
Abstract excerpt
Knowledge of the antigenic diversity of rotaviruses circulating in a region should be acquired before introducing a rotavirus vaccine. In a collection of 151 rotavirus-positive samples from Mendoza, Argentina, strain diversity was evaluated utilizing G-typing monoclonal antibodies (MAbs), reverse-transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) G and P typing, and electropherotyping (PAGE). The G type of 137...
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