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Rotavirus VP7, VP4 and VP6 genotypes co-circulating in Tehran, Iran, between 2003 and 2004.
Epidemiology and infection - 1 Jul 2007
Farahtaj F, Gallimore C I, Iturriza-Gomara M, Taremi M, Zali M R, Edalatkhah H, Fayaz A, Gray J J
Abstract excerpt
Rotaviruses were detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) in 92 out of 374 faecal samples collected between November 2003 and October 2004 at the Markaz Tebbi Koudakan Hospital, Tehran, Iran, from children aged 6 months to 5 years. Analysis of clinical and disease severity data showed a significant association between rotavirus infection and diarrhoea, vomiting and severe dehydration. Ninety-two...
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