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Unexpected detection of animal VP7 genes among common rotavirus strains isolated from children in Mexico.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Sept 2003
Laird A R, Ibarra V, Ruiz-Palacios G, Guerrero M L, Glass R I, Gentsch J R
Abstract excerpt
In the course of characterizing 103 rotaviruses from children in Mexico, we found that the majority of strains were globally common types (55.4% of total), while uncommon types represented 5.7%, mixed infections with common types represented 14.8%, and partially or fully nontypeable isolates represented about 24%. Serotype G9 was detected for the first time in Mexico. We sequenced a subset of strains that were G...
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