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Characterisation of rotavirus strains among hospitalised and non-hospitalised children in Guinea-Bissau, 2002 A high frequency of mixed infections with serotype G8.
Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology - 1 Sept 2005
Nielsen Nete Munk, Eugen-Olsen Jesper, Aaby Peter, Mølbak Kåre, Rodrigues Amabelia, Fischer Thea Kølsen
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: In a previous community-based cohort study in Guinea-Bissau from 1996 to 1998, characterisation of rotavirus strains showed a high frequency of less common genotypes such as G8 and G9 and a high proportion of mixed infections. OBJECTIVES AND STUDY DESIGN: In the present study, we examined the prevalence of rotavirus genotypes among 81 hospitalised and 23 non-hospitalised Guinean children with...
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