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G and P rotavirus genotypes in stool samples from children in Teresina, State of Piauí.
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - 1 Jan 2000
Macedo Carla Isabel, Christofoletti Alice, Munford Veridiana, Rácz Maria Lúcia
Abstract excerpt
A total of 123 stool specimens collected in Teresina, Piauí between 1994 and 1996, from 0 to 2-year-old children with diarrhea, were used for this study. Molecular characterization of the G and P rotavirus genotypes was performed using the reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction. The following results were obtained for the P genotypes: P[8] (17. 1%), P[1] (4. 9%), P[4] (3. 3%), P[6, M37] (2. 4%) and...
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