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G2 as an emerging rotavirus strain in pediatric gastroenteritis in southern Italy.
Infection - 1 Apr 2011
Finamore E, Vitiello M, Kampanaraki A, Rao M, Galdiero Massimiliano, Galdiero E, Bevilacqua P, Gallo M A, Galdiero Marilena
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Human rotaviruses (HRVs) represent a major cause of acute gastroenteritis in children worldwide. It is estimated that they are responsible for a large number of diarrhea-associated hospitalizations in childhood each year. In Italy, limited data are available on the patterns of distribution of HRV G and P types. We report here the results of 2 years of rotavirus strain surveillance among children with...
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