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Genomic diversity of group A rotavirus strains infecting humans in eastern India.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Jan 2002
Das Soma, Sen A, Uma G, Varghese V, Chaudhuri S, Bhattacharya S K, Krishnan T, Dutta P, Dutta D, Bhattacharya M K, Mitra U, Kobayashi N, Naik T N
Abstract excerpt
Between 1998 and 2000, a total of 266 samples were found positive for group A rotaviruses by RNA electrophoresis. Samples were collected from patients admitted to two leading hospitals in Calcutta. Serotyping could be done only with 22% of the positive samples, leaving 78% untypeable. The G (VP7 genotypes) and P (VP4 genotypes) types were determined for 159 samples by reverse transcription and multiplex PCR. The...
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