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Outbreaks of adult gastroenteritis traced to a single genotype of rotavirus.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 15 May 2002
Griffin Dixie D, Fletcher Madeleine, Levy Martin E, Ching-Lee Myra, Nogami Robert, Edwards Leslie, Peters Heather, Montague Laura, Gentsch Jon R, Glass Roger I
Abstract excerpt
Between November 1998 and December 2000, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention screened samples from 263 outbreaks of gastroenteritis in the United States and identified 3 that were associated with rotavirus among adults. Rotaviruses from each outbreak were further characterized by reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction. Surprisingly, all specimens were of serotype G2, a strain that is, as...
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