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Temporal changes of rotavirus strain distribution in a city in the northwest of China, 1996-2005.
International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases - 1 Nov 2008
Yang Xue-Lei, Matthijnssens Jelle, Sun He, Muhamaiti Jianaer, Zhang Bin, Nahar Shamsun, Van Ranst Marc, Rahman Mustafizur
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BACKGROUND: Very little is known about human rotaviruses in the northwest of China. To investigate the genomic diversity, we evaluated the distribution of rotavirus genotypes in this region covering a 10-year period (1996-2005). METHODS: Rotavirus antigen was detected in stool specimens by enzyme...
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