Cosavirus Infection in Persons with and without Gastroenteritis, Brazil

Cosavirus Infection in Persons with and without Gastroenteritis, Brazil

To determine possible cosavirus association with clinical disease, we used real-time reverse transcription PCR to test children and HIV-positive adults in Brazil with and without gastroenteritis. Thirteen (3.6%) of 359 children with gastroenteritis tested positive, as did 69 (33.8%) of 204 controls....

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Main Authors: Andreas Stöcker, Breno Frederico de Carvalho Dominguez Souza, Tereza Cristina Medrado Ribeiro, Eduardo Martins Netto, Luciana Oliveira Araujo, Jefferson Ivan Corrêa, Patrícia Silva Almeida, Angela Peixoto de Mattos, Hugo da Costa Ribeiro, Diana Brasil Pedral-Sampaio, Christian Drosten, Jan Felix Drexler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2012-04-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Picornaviridae infections
human cosavirus
Brazil
communicable diseases
virus shedding
gastroenteritis
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/18/4/11-1415_article

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