An outbreak of diarrhoea associated with rotavirus serotype 1 in a day care nursery in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Faeces from 17 children less than 1.6 years old 15 adultsmore than 22 years old were collected during an outbreak of gastroenteritis in aday care nursery and screened for the presence of adenovirus and rotavirus by enzyme immunoassay (EIARA) and other viruses by electron microscopy (EM) and polycryl...

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Main Authors: Liane de Castro, Dalia dos Prazeres Rodrigues, Regina Flauzino, Marta Moura, José Paulo Gagliardi Leite
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 1994-03-01
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02761994000100002