| characterization of rotaviruses causing diarrhoea in vietnamese children. | faecal samples from 123 children admitted to the centre for tropical diseases in ho chi minh city, vietnam, with acute watery diarrhoea were screened by negative-stain electron microscopy for viral enteropathogens. in addition to the 48 children who were found to be infected with rotavirus only, one had both rotavirus and astrovirus, two had adenovirus 40/41, and one had astrovirus only. the rotaviruses were subjected to molecular analysis by electropherotyping, g- and p-genotyping (by reverse-t ... | 2003 | 12662422 |
| diversity of viruses associated with acute gastroenteritis in children hospitalized with diarrhea in ho chi minh city, vietnam. | a molecular epidemiological study on common diarrheal viruses was conducted in ho chi minh city, vietnam between october 2002 and september 2003. fecal samples were collected from 1,010 hospitalized children with acute gastroenteritis. those samples were screened for groups a, b, and c rotavirus, adenovirus, genogroups i and ii norovirus (nov), sapovirus (sav), and human astrovirus (hastv) by rt-multiplex pcr, and the positive specimens were characterized further by elisa, nested pcr, or sequenc ... | 2007 | 17385670 |
| identification of human astrovirus infections among children with acute gastroenteritis in the southern part of vietnam during 2005-2006. | a molecular epidemiological study on common diarrheal viruses was conducted in a children's hospital in ho chi minh city between december 2005 and november 2006. fecal samples were collected from 502 pediatric patients with acute gastroenteritis, and were screened for eight types of viral agents. human astroviruses (hastvs), which were detected with a prevalence of 13.9%, became the second most frequent viral enteropathogen. although detected in both dry and rainy seasons, the majority (92.8%) o ... | 2008 | 18098160 |