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Rotavirus infection in children and adults with acute gastroenteritis in Thailand.
The Southeast Asian journal of tropical medicine and public health - 1 Jul 2014
Kittigul Leera, Swangsri Thitiluck, Pombubpa Kannika, Howteerakul Nopporn, Diraphat Pornphan, Hirunpetcharat Chakrit
Abstract excerpt
and young children, but rotavirus gastroenteritis in adults is uncommon. In this study, 260 stool samples collected in Thailand from January 2006 to February 2007 from patients, of all ages with acute gastroenteritis, were tested for group A rotavirus and compared with rotavirus infections in children and adults. Rota- virus was detected in 42% of the patients' samples, but children (< 18 years old) have a...
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