| characterization of rotavirus strains from hospitalized and outpatient children with acute diarrhoea in são paulo, brazil. | from august 1994 to july 1995, 234 faecal samples from children with or without acute diarrhoea were collected and tested. the group of children with acute diarrhoea (a) was subdivided into two subgroups: subgroup a(1) was made up of children with severe diarrhoea, dehydrated and who needed hospitalization and subgroup a(2) was composed of children who only needed outpatient care. group b was composed of children without acute diarrhoea (controls). rotavirus was detected in 36.7% (18/49), 22.0% ... | 2004 | 15258984 |
| genetic variability in the g protein gene of human respiratory syncytial virus isolated from the campinas metropolitan region, brazil. | human respiratory syncytial virus (hrsv) is recognized as the most important viral agent of serious respiratory tract diseases in the pediatric population worldwide. a prospective study for hrsv was conducted in children ageing less than 1 year admitted in two university hospitals in campinas, são paulo, brazil. the aim of the present study was to investigate the genetic variability of both a and b subgroups of hrsv isolated during an epidemic period in the campinas metropolitan region, brazil, ... | 2008 | 18649326 |