Rotavirus serotypes and electropherotypes identified among hospitalised children in São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil Sorotipos e eletroferotipos de rotavírus identificados entre crianças hospitalizadas em São Luís, Maranhão, Brasil

• Published in: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
• Main Authors: Cláudia Regina N. E. Luz, Joana D'Arc P. Mascarenhas, Yvone B. Gabbay, Ana Regina B. Motta, Telma Vitorina Ribeiro Lima, Luana da S. Soares, Alexandre C. Linhares
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 2005
• Subjects: Rotavirus; Serotypes; Electropherotypes; Children; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Arctic; Nordeste
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46652005000500009; https://doaj.org/article/8d7f1ab91b5a462a8bcaf086f6da6adb

During June 1997-June 1999 rotavirus infection was screened in infants aged up to 2 years and hospitalised with acute diarrhoea in São Luís, Northeastern Brazil. Altogether, 128 stool samples were collected from diarrhoeic patients and additional 122 faecal specimens from age- and- temporal matched...