Detection and genotyping of human adenovirus and sapovirus in children with acute gastroenteritis in Belém, Pará, between 1990 and 1992: first detection of GI.7 and GV.2 sapoviruses in Brazil

• Published in: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
• Main Authors: Larissa Cristina Prado das Neves Costa, Jones Anderson Monteiro Siqueira, Thayara Morais Portal, Edivaldo Costa Sousa Júnior, Alexandre da Costa Linhares, Yvone Benchimol Gabbay, Hugo Reis Resque
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT)
• Subjects: Gastroenteritis; Children; Adenovirus; Sapovirus; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic; Sav’
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0198-2017; https://doaj.org/article/3812158dfabf4d368cb7616f0a2294cf

Abstract INTRODUCTION: Acute gastroenteritis (AGE) is one of the most common causes of morbidity and mortality, especially among children from developing countries. Human adenovirus (HAdV) and sapovirus (SaV) are among the agents that cause AGE. The present study aimed to detect and genotype HAdV an...