Changing epidemiology of rotavirus-related hospitalizations in rio de janeiro, Brazil, from 2002 to 2006

A prospective hospital-based sentinel study conducted in Rio de Janeiro identified a shift in the pattern (long to short electropherotype and P(8) to P(4) genotype) of rotavirus strains recovered from children with severe diarrhea a few months after the far-reaching Brazilian rotavirus immunization...

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Published inThe open virology journal Vol. 1; no. 1; pp. 47 - 50
Main Authors Gouvea, Vera S, Domingues, André L S, Naveca, Felipe G, Pedro, Adriana R, Bevilacqua, César C
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United Arab Emirates Bentham Science Publishers Ltd 2007
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Rotavirus
vaccine
Rotavirus diarrhea
genotypes/electropherotypes
hospitalizations
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Summary:A prospective hospital-based sentinel study conducted in Rio de Janeiro identified a shift in the pattern (long to short electropherotype and P(8) to P(4) genotype) of rotavirus strains recovered from children with severe diarrhea a few months after the far-reaching Brazilian rotavirus immunization program was launched, posing new interesting challenges.
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Present address: Department of Biological Sciences, School of Medicine, Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro, Uberaba, MG, Brazil
ISSN:1874-3579
1874-3579
DOI:10.2174/1874357900701010047