[Molecular epidemiology of rotaviruses circulating among residents of St. Petersburg from 1986 through 1991].

Article

[Molecular epidemiology of rotaviruses circulating among residents of St. Petersburg from 1986 through 1991].

Voprosy virusologii - 1 Jan 2000

Vasil'ev B Ia, Moskvin A A, Semenov N V, Grits'ko R Iu, Marchenko L G, Bannikov A I

Abstract excerpt

The results of screening of 510 patients with acute gastrointestinal diseases over the period of 1986 to 1991 are presented. Rotaviruses were shown to be the infection agents in 112 (60%) children and 76 (40%) adults. The phoretyping of the isolated strains revealed cocirculation of 17 different...

Topics

Adult
Child
Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
Gastrointestinal Diseases
Humans
Immunoenzyme Techniques
Mutation
Phenotype
Prevalence
Rotavirus
Rotavirus Infections
Russia

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