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Association of the G4 rotavirus genotype with gastroenteritis in adults.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Aug 2006
Feeney Susan A, Mitchell Suzanne J, Mitchell Frederick, Wyatt Dorothy E, Fairley Derek, McCaughey Conall, Coyle Peter V, O'Neill Hugh J
Abstract excerpt
Rotavirus is the most common etiological cause of acute viral gastroenteritis in infants and young children worldwide, yet its role in the adult population is less well understood. We have recently identified rotavirus as the causative agent of severe diarrhea in adults, specifically in two gastroenteritis outbreaks in separate care for the elderly homes. Strain typing has shown the continued presence of P[8]G1,...
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