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Changing profile of rotavirus in Ireland: predominance of P[8] and emergence of P[6] and P[9] in mixed infections.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Mar 2008
Lennon G, Reidy N, Cryan B, Fanning S, O'Shea H
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Six hundred and thirty three fecal specimens were collected from patients under 6 years, suffering from non-bacterial, putative viral gastroenteritis in the south of Ireland, between 2003 and 2006. Following laboratory identification of rotavirus as the aetiological agent in 558 specimens, reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction was employed to amplify the VP7 and VP4 gene segments of 249 and 245 samples,...
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