Article
Genotype diversity of group A rotavirus strains in children with acute diarrhea in urban Burkina Faso, 2008-2010.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Aug 2011
Bonkoungou Isidore J O, Damanka Susan, Sanou Idrissa, Tiendrébéogo Fidèle, Coulibaly Sheick O, Bon Fabienne, Haukka Kaisa, Traoré Alfred S, Barro Nicolas, Armah George E
Abstract excerpt
In this study, the diversity of G and P genotypes of rotavirus strains in Burkinabe children were examined. Between November 2008 and February 2010, 447 stool samples were collected from children <5 years of age with acute diarrhea visiting hospital in Ouagadougou. Group A rotavirus was previously detected in 151/447 (33.8%) of the samples tested by an immunochromatographic test and these samples were now tested...
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