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Symptomatic and subclinical infection with rotavirus P[8]G9, rural Ecuador.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 Apr 2007
Endara Pablo, Trueba Gabriel, Solberg Owen D, Bates Sarah J, Ponce Karina, Cevallos William, Matthijnssens Jelle, Eisenberg Joseph N S
Abstract excerpt
During the past decade, rotavirus genotype G9 has spread throughout the world, adding to and sometimes supplanting the common genotypes G1-G4. We report evidence of this spread in a population sample within rural Ecuador. A total of 1,656 stool samples were collected from both patients with diarrhea and from asymptomatic residents in 22 remote communities in northwestern Ecuador from August 2003 through February...
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