Species A rotaviruses isolated from hospitalized patients over 5 years of age in Kolkata, India, in 2012/13.

doi:10.1007/s00705-017-3670-0

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Species A rotaviruses isolated from hospitalized patients over 5 years of age in Kolkata, India, in 2012/13.

Archives of virology - 1 Mar 2018

Nayak Mukti Kant, De Papiya, Manna Byomkesh, Dutta Shanta, Bhadra Uchhal Kumar, Chawla-Sarkar Mamta

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In hospital-based diarrhoeal disease surveillance at Infectious Diseases & Beliaghata-General Hospital (May-2012 to April-2013), Kolkata, India, stool samples were collected from patients < 5 years (n = 830) and > 5 years of age (n = 728) hospitalized with diarrhea. Group-A rotavirus (GARV) was identified by ELISA followed by multiplex RT-PCR. In children < 5 years of age, 53.4% of the samples were positive for...

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