Prevalence of rotavirus and its relation with climatic factors in Cumana, Venezuela
During the period June 1993 to June 1995, 377 fecal samples from hospitalized young children with extreme diarrhea in the Antonio Patricio de Alcala Hospital in Cumana, Venezuela were taken, as well as similar samples from 89 asymptomatic children of the same age range. Viral ARN was extracted from...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:4de3e91adc6b46d9b920f7ddd70546bc 2023-10-01T03:54:07+02:00 Prevalence of rotavirus and its relation with climatic factors in Cumana, Venezuela Yacqueline J Rojas Jesús W Bastardo María Z Sulbarán 2003-06-01T00:00:00Z https://doaj.org/article/4de3e91adc6b46d9b920f7ddd70546bc EN ES eng spa Universidad del Zulia,Facultad de Medicina,Departamento de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Tropicales https://produccioncientificaluz.org/index.php/kasmera/article/view/4704 https://doaj.org/toc/0075-5222 https://doaj.org/toc/2477-9628 0075-5222 2477-9628 https://doaj.org/article/4de3e91adc6b46d9b920f7ddd70546bc Kasmera, Vol 31, Iss 1, Pp 20-28 (2003) Rotavirus prevalencia estacional electroferotipos clima epidemiología diarrea Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 article 2003 ftdoajarticles 2023-09-03T00:47:57Z During the period June 1993 to June 1995, 377 fecal samples from hospitalized young children with extreme diarrhea in the Antonio Patricio de Alcala Hospital in Cumana, Venezuela were taken, as well as similar samples from 89 asymptomatic children of the same age range. Viral ARN was extracted from the samples with phenol-chloroform, ethanol precipitation, gel electrophoresis of poly-acrylamide (Page) and silver tincture. Rotavirus was found in 116 (38.77%) of the diarrhea samples and in 7 (7.87%) of the non-diarrhea samples. Only in 105 of the diarrhea samples was it possible to detect electro-ferrotype patterns, in which 84 (80%) were the long electro-ferrotype; 19 (18.09%) were short electro-ferrotype; and two (1.91%), had mixed electro-ferrotypes. In the non-diarrhea 5 (71.43%) were the long type, and 2 (28.57%) were short. Using co-electrophoresis, 7 electro-ferrotype patterns were distinguished: four long, two short, and one electro-ferrotype mixture. A significant inverse correlation was found between the monthly prevalence of rotavirus and the mean temperature (r=-0.5583, p< 0.05) and a significant inverse relationship between the monthly prevalence of rotavirus and average monthly precipitation. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic |
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During the period June 1993 to June 1995, 377 fecal samples from hospitalized young children with extreme diarrhea in the Antonio Patricio de Alcala Hospital in Cumana, Venezuela were taken, as well as similar samples from 89 asymptomatic children of the same age range. Viral ARN was extracted from the samples with phenol-chloroform, ethanol precipitation, gel electrophoresis of poly-acrylamide (Page) and silver tincture. Rotavirus was found in 116 (38.77%) of the diarrhea samples and in 7 (7.87%) of the non-diarrhea samples. Only in 105 of the diarrhea samples was it possible to detect electro-ferrotype patterns, in which 84 (80%) were the long electro-ferrotype; 19 (18.09%) were short electro-ferrotype; and two (1.91%), had mixed electro-ferrotypes. In the non-diarrhea 5 (71.43%) were the long type, and 2 (28.57%) were short. Using co-electrophoresis, 7 electro-ferrotype patterns were distinguished: four long, two short, and one electro-ferrotype mixture. A significant inverse correlation was found between the monthly prevalence of rotavirus and the mean temperature (r=-0.5583, p< 0.05) and a significant inverse relationship between the monthly prevalence of rotavirus and average monthly precipitation. |
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Prevalence of rotavirus and its relation with climatic factors in Cumana, Venezuela |
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Prevalence of rotavirus and its relation with climatic factors in Cumana, Venezuela |
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Prevalence of rotavirus and its relation with climatic factors in Cumana, Venezuela |
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Prevalence of rotavirus and its relation with climatic factors in Cumana, Venezuela |
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Prevalence of rotavirus and its relation with climatic factors in Cumana, Venezuela |
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prevalence of rotavirus and its relation with climatic factors in cumana, venezuela |
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