Article
Detection, subgroup specificity, and genotype diversity of rotavirus strains in children with acute diarrhea in Paraguay.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 May 2002
Coluchi Norma, Munford Veridiana, Manzur Julio, Vazquez Cynthia, Escobar Mabel, Weber Ernesto, Mármol Perla, Rácz Maria Lucia
Abstract excerpt
Of a total of 220 stool specimens from children with acute diarrhea, mostly under the age of 3 years, collected in Paraguay between January 1999 and March 2000, 70 (31.8%) were found positive for rotaviruses (RV). Positive samples were characterized by electropherotyping and subgrouping. Sixty-one (87.1%) were classified as group A, subgroup II; one (1.4%) was classified as group A, subgroup I; six (8.6%) were...
Topics
- Acute Disease
- Animals
- Child, Preschool
- Diarrhea
- Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
- Feces
- Genetic Variation
- Genotype
- Humans
- Immunoenzyme Techniques
- Infant
