Article
[Predominance of G9 rotavirus in Valencia and Castellón between 2005 and 2007].
Anales de pediatria (Barcelona, Spain : 2003) - 1 Jan 2010
Téllez Castillo C J, Montava Vilaplana R, Fernández Jiménez M, Ribes Fernández J M, Buesa Gómez J
Abstract excerpt
INTRODUCTION: Rotavirus is the leading cause of acute gastroenteritis in young children worldwide. Effective vaccines to prevent rotavirus infections are currently available, although their clinical use is still limited, and rotavirus still causes many episodes of infantile gastroenteritis, mainly during the winter seasons. OBJECTIVE: To characterise G (VP7) and P (VP4) genotypes of rotaviruses causing acute...
Topics
- Acute Disease
- Child, Preschool
- Feces
- Female
- Gastroenteritis
- Genotype
- Humans
- Infant
- Male
- Prospective Studies
- Rotavirus
- Spain