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Rotavirus A genotype P[4]G2: genetic diversity and reassortment events among strains circulating in Brazil between 2005 and 2009.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Jun 2011
Gómez Mariela Martínez, de Mendonça Marcos César Lima, Volotão Eduardo de Mello, Tort Luis Fernando López, da Silva Marcelle Figueira Marques, Cristina Juan, Leite Jose Paulo Gagliardi
Abstract excerpt
Group A rotaviruses (RV-A) are the leading cause of severe gastroenteritis in infants and young children worldwide. Due to the epidemiologic complexity of RV-A, especially in developing countries, it is important to determine which genotypes are circulating, principally after the introduction in March 2006 of the monovalent (P[8]G1) Rotarix® vaccine in Brazil by the National Immunization Program. In Phase III...
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