Rotavirus G and P types in children from Belém, northern Brazil, as determined by RT-PCR: occurrence of mixed P type infections.

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Fifty-four group A rotavirus-positive stool samples, obtained from children aged less than three years during a longitudinal (December 1982 to March 1986) study in Belém, Brazil, were re-examined. The samples were tested by reverse-transcription and polymerase chain reaction to determine their G-type and P-type specificity. Only 17 (32%) of these rotavirus strains could be successfully G- and P-genotyped. While...

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