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Identification of two sublineages of genotype G2 rotavirus among diarrheic children in Parauapebas, Southern Pará State, Brazil.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Apr 2010
Mascarenhas Joana D'Arc Pereira, Lima Clarissa Silva, de Oliveira Darleise Silva, Guerra Sylvia de Fátima dos Santos, Maestri Régis Piloni, Gabbay Yvone Benchimol, de Lima Ian Carlos Gomes, de Menezes Euzeni Maria Costa, Linhares Alexandre da Costa, Bensabath Gilberta
Abstract excerpt
On a world scale, group A human rotaviruses are the most common cause of severe acute gastroenteritis during infancy and childhood, including five (G1, G2, G3, G4, and G9) epidemiologically important genotypes. Among these, G2 denotes a different genogroup which appears to have a cyclic pattern of occurrence and yet little information is available about its genetic variability. The aim of this report was to...
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