Rotavirus genotyping in gastroenteritis cases of an infantile population from Western Brazilian Amazonia

INTRODUCTION: During the period from 2000 to 2002, 79 rotavirus-positive stool samples were collected from children presenting diarrhea in the Western Brazilian Amazon. METHODS: Molecular characterization of the G and P genotypes was performed using RT-PCR and electropherotyping analysis by polyacry...

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Main Authors: Maria Sandra Moura Costa, Paulo Afonso Nogueira, Gleicienne Félix Magalhães, Paula Taquita, Luis André Mariúba, Marilene Penatti, Patrícia Puccinelli Orlandi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2012-08-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822012000400021&lng=en&tlng=en