Epidemiological features of rotavirus infection in Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil, from 1986 to 2000

Epidemiological features of rotavirus infection in Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil, from 1986 to 2000

A total of 2,605 faecal specimens from children up to 10 years old with or without diarrhoea were collected. Samples were obtained from 1986 to 2000 in hospitals, outpatient clinics and day-care centers in Goiânia, Goiás. Two methodologies for viral detection were utilized: a combined enzyme immunoa...

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Main Authors: Divina das Dôres de Paula Cardoso, Célia Maria Almeida Soares, Menira Borges de Lima Dias e Souza, Marli da Silva Pereira de Azevedo, Regina Maria Bringel Martins, Divina Aparecida de Oliveira Queiróz, Wilia Marta Elsner Diederichsen de Brito, Veridiana Munford, Maria Lúcia Rácz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2003-01-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
Subjects:
rotavirus
gastroenteritis
epidemiology
seasonality
Goiás
Brazil
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