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Genotypic linkages of VP4, VP6, VP7, NSP4, NSP5 genes of rotaviruses circulating among children with acute gastroenteritis in Thailand.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 May 2010
Khamrin Pattara, Maneekarn Niwat, Malasao Rungnapa, Nguyen Tuan Anh, Ishida Shinichi, Okitsu Shoko, Ushijima Hiroshi
Abstract excerpt
Rotavirus is the main cause of acute viral gastroenteritis in infants and young children worldwide. Surveillance of group A rotavirus has been conducted in Chiang Mai, Thailand since 1987 up to 2004 and those studies revealed that group A rotavirus was responsible for about 20-61% of diarrheal diseases in hospitalized cases. In this study, we reported the continuing surveillance of group A rotavirus in 2005 and...
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