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Detection and characterization of rotavirus G and P types from children participating in a rotavirus vaccine trial in Belém, Brazil.
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz - 1 Jan 2002
Mascarenhas J D P, Linhares A C, Gabbay Y B, Leite J P G
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This study sought the characterization of rotaviruses in a trial with a tetravalent rhesus-human rotavirus vaccine in Belém, Brazil in children who received three doses of vaccine or placebo in the 1st, 3rd and 5th months of life. Rotavirus electropherotypes, subgroups, G serotypes, G, [P] and [P], G genotypes were determined in 93.3%, 95.9%, 93.3%, 73.3%, 95.5% and 92.2% of isolates, respectively. Serotypes G1,...
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