Article
Rotavirus G and P types in children from Belém, northern Brazil, as determined by RT-PCR: occurrence of mixed P type infections.
Journal of diarrhoeal diseases research - 1 Mar 1998
Mascarenhas J D, Paiva F L, Barardi C R, Gabbay Y B, Simões C O, Linhares A C
Abstract excerpt
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-...
Topics
- Child, Preschool
- Genotype
- Humans
- Infant
- Infant, Newborn
- Longitudinal Studies
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Rotavirus
- Rotavirus Infections
