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Detection and genotyping of astroviruses from children with acute gastroenteritis from Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil.
Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research - 1 Sept 2002
das Dôres de Paula Cardoso Divina, Fiaccadori Fabíola Souza, Borges de Lima Dias e Souza Menira, Bringel Martins Regina Maria, Gagliardi Leite José Paulo
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The astroviruses constitute important agents of childhood diarrhea. The purpose of our research was to detect and genotype astroviruses in fecal samples from children with acute gastroenteritis from Goiânia- Goiás, Brazil. MATERIAL/METHODS: The samples were collected from children up to five years of age with acute gastroenteritis, hospitalized in two public hospitals in Goiânia- Goiás, a city located...
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