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Genetic diversity of sapovirus in fecal specimens from infants and children with acute gastroenteritis in Pakistan.
Archives of virology - 1 Feb 2005
Phan T G, Okame M, Nguyen T A, Nishio O, Okitsu S, Ushijima H
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A total of 517 fecal specimens collected from infants and children with acute gastroenteritis in Karachi city, Pakistan during 1990-1994 were examined for the presence of sapovirus by RT-PCR and sequence analysis methods. Sapovirus was identified in 17 of 517 (3.2%) specimens. Sapovirus was further clustered into three distinct genogroups (I, II and IV) and these presented 70.6%, 23.5% and 5.9%, respectively. Our...
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