Article
Molecular epidemiology of human adenovirus isolated from children hospitalized with acute respiratory infection in São Paulo, Brazil.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Feb 2007
Moura Patrícia O, Roberto Adriana F, Hein Noely, Baldacci Evandro, Vieira Sandra E, Ejzenberg Bernardo, Perrini Priscila, Stewien Klaus E, Durigon Edison L, Mehnert Dolores U, Hársi Charlotte M
Abstract excerpt
In a study of acute respiratory disease, two collections of nasopharyngeal aspirates (NPA) were obtained from children hospitalized at the Pediatric Clinic of the University Hospital, São Paulo, in 1995 and 2000. Adenovirus was detected in 33 (8.2%) of 401 children followed. These viruses were isolated in HEp-2, HEK-293, or NCI-H292 cells and serotyped by neutralization. The genome types were determined after...
Topics
- Acute Disease
- Adenovirus Infections, Human
- Adenoviruses, Human
- Adolescent
- Brazil
- Cell Line
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Genotype
- Hospitalization
- Humans
- Molecular Epidemiology
- Nasopharynx