| enteric viruses in pediatric diarrhea in saudi arabia. | between september 1st, 2002 and august 31st, 2003, a panel of 1,000 stool samples was collected from patients presenting with diarrhea in the three major urban centers of saudi arabia; riyadh, mecca, and jeddah. each sample was tested for rotavirus, and astrovirus by elisa, g and p type was determined for all rotaviruses. adenoviruses were sought by hexon-specific pcr and identified by rflp. a subset of 253 samples was also tested for norovirus by elisa. data were analyzed for seasonality of inf ... | 2008 | 18814232 |
| molecular epidemiology of human astrovirus infections in saudi arabia pediatric patients. | earlier work tayeb et al. [tayeb et al. (2008): j med virol 80: 1919-1929] set out to study the epidemiology of diarrhea viruses in pediatric populations. the study addressed initially rotavirus, enteric adenovirus, and astrovirus but was later expanded to include norovirus (nov). viruses were sought in fecal specimens and characterized for genotype using molecular methods (pcr, rt-pcr, and rflp) for the first time in ksa. the survey focused on three locations; jeddah, makkah, and riyadh. during ... | 2010 | 20981791 |