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Introduction and prolonged circulation of G12 rotaviruses in Sicily.
Epidemiology and infection - 1 Jul 2016
Giammanco G M, Bonura F, DI Bernardo F, Cascio A, Ferrera G, Dones P, Saporito L, Collura A, Terranova D M, Valenzise M, Allù M T, Casuccio N, Palermo M, Bányai K, Martella V, DE Grazia S
Abstract excerpt
Genotype G12 strains are now considered to be the sixth most prevalent human rotaviruses worldwide. In two Sicilian cities, Palermo and Messina, surveillance of rotavirus circulation performed since 1985 and 2009, respectively, did not detect G12 strains until 2012. From 2012 to 2014 rotavirus infection was detected in 29·7% of 1647 stool samples collected from children admitted for acute gastroenteritis to three...
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