| Literature DB >> 30859473 |
Carina Pacheco Cantelli1,2, Marcelle Figueira Marques da Silva3, Tulio Machado Fumian4, Denise Cotrim da Cunha5, Juliana da Silva Ribeiro de Andrade4, Fábio Correia Malta4, Sérgio da Silva E Mouta Junior4, Alexandre Madi Fialho4, Marcia Terezinha Baroni de Moraes4, Patricia Brasil6, Marize Pereira Miagostovich4, José Paulo Gagliardi Leite4.
Abstract
We report on the occurrence and diversity of noroviruses in children (younger than 5 years old of age) from a low-income urban area in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Sixty-one stool specimens collected from children between 1 and 4 years old with acute diarrhoeic episodes (ADE) and non-ADE were investigated. RT-qPCR and sequencing of PCR products after conventional RT-PCR analysis were performed. Noroviruses were detected in 29 (47.5%) samples: 21 (46.7%) from cases with ADE and 8 (50%) from non-ADE cases. Molecular characterization showed 10 different genotypes circulating in this community between November 2014 and April 2018.Entities:
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Year: 2019 PMID: 30859473 DOI: 10.1007/s00705-019-04195-z
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Arch Virol ISSN: 0304-8608 Impact factor: 2.574