Molecular epidemiology of the human group A rotavirus in the Paraná State, Brazil

From January/2000 to December/2003, 550 diarrheic fecal samples from the children and adults were collected in several geographical regions of Paraná State, Brazil. The enzyme immunoassay showed 120 (21.8%) samples positive for the group A rotaviruses. One hundred and fourteen samples were genotyped...

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Main Authors: Jucélia Stadinicki dos Santos, Alice Fernandes Alfieri, José Paulo Gagliardi Leite, Irene Skraba, Amauri Alcindo Alfieri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná (Tecpar) 2008-04-01
Series:Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132008000200008