| an outbreak of group c rotavirus gastroenteritis among adults living in valentim gentil, são paulo state, brazil. | an outbreak of gastroenteritis affecting adults and children occurred in the small city of valentim gentil, são paulo, brazil, in 1993. nineteen faecal samples (from 10 cases and 9 contracts) were examined by direct electron microscopy (dem), immune electron microscopy (iem), polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (page), and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (elisa) for group a and c rotaviruses. dem detected rotavirus in 6 of the 10 cases and in none of the contacts. all of the samples were negati ... | 1998 | 9805410 |