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Rotavirus strains bearing genotype G9 or P[9] recovered from Brazilian children with diarrhea from 1997 to 1999.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Mar 2001
Santos N, Volotão E M, Soares C C, Albuquerque M C, da Silva F M, de Carvalho T R, Pereira C F, Chizhikov V, Hoshino Y
Abstract excerpt
Human rotavirus strains belonging to genotype G9 or P[9] were detected in a collection of stool specimens from children with diarrhea in two cities of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, between March 1997 and December 1999. G9 strains were first detected in April 1997 and remained prevalent until the end of the study, at a frequency of 15.9% (n = 157). A high percentage of VP7 nucleotide (99.0 to 99.5%) and...
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