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Epidemiology and phylogenetic analysis of VP7 and VP4 genes of rotaviruses circulating in Rawalpindi, Pakistan during 2010.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Mar 2013
Tamim S, Hasan F, Matthijnssens J, Sharif S, Shaukat S, Alam M M, Angez M, Suleman Rana M, Khurshid A, Zaidi S S Z
Abstract excerpt
Human group A rotaviruses (RVAs) possess a large genetic diversity and new RVA strains and G/P genotype combinations are been identified frequently. Only a few studies reporting the distribution and co-circulation of RVA G and P genotypes are available for Pakistan. This hospital based study showed a RVA prevalence rate of 23.8%, which is similar to RVA detection rates estimated in other Eastern Mediterranean...
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