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Characterization of incompletely typed rotavirus strains from Guinea-Bissau: identification of G8 and G9 types and a high frequency of mixed infections.
Virology - 20 Jun 2003
Fischer T K, Page N A, Griffin D D, Eugen-Olsen J, Pedersen A G, Valentiner-Branth P, Mølbak K, Sommerfelt H, Nielsen N Munk
Abstract excerpt
Among 167 rotavirus specimens collected from young children in a suburban area of Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, from 1996 to 1998, most identifiable strains belonged to the uncommon P[6], G2 type and approximately 50% remained incompletely typed. In the present study, 76 such strains were further characterized. Due to interprimer interaction during the standard multiplex PCR approach, modifications of this procedure...
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