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Identification of lineage III of G12 rotavirus strains in diarrheic children in the Northern Region of Brazil between 2008 and 2010.
Archives of virology - 1 Jan 2012
Soares Luana da Silva, Lobo Patrícia dos Santos, Mascarenhas Joana D'Arc Pereira, Neri Darivaldo Luz, Guerra Sylvia de Fátima dos Santos, de Oliveira Alessilva do Socorro Lima, Maestri Régis Piloni, Oliveira Darleise de Souza, de Menezes Euzeni Maria de Fátima Costa, Linhares Alexandre da Costa
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This study reports on the surveillance for rotavirus genotypes and the identification of G12 human rotavirus in the Northern Region of Brazil. Rotavirus-positive samples were collected from children <5 years of age with acute diarrhea from January 2008 to October 2010. G2P[4] was the most prevalent genotype, accounting for 45.6% (126/303) of cases. Five rotavirus strains bearing G12P[6] genotype specificity were...
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