Serological and molecular diversity of human rotavirus in São Paulo, Brazil Diversidade sorológica e molecular de rotavírus identificados em crianças em São Paulo, Brasil

From a total of 187 fecal samples from children with ages between 0 and 5 years, collected in the Hospital Universitário -USP, Brazil, from 1994 to 1996, 54 (28.9%) were positive for rotavirus. Positive samples were characterized by electropherotyping, subgrouping, G serotype and genotype and P geno...

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Main Authors: Veridiana Munford, Eloisa Correia Souza, Thabata Alessandra Ramos Caruzo, Marina Baquerizo Martinez, Maria Lúcia Rácz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia 2007-09-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Microbiology
Subjects:
PCR
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822007000300014