| serotypes and electropherotypes of human rotavirus detected in the city of são luís (ma), brazil. | a total of 22 (65%) of 34 representative rotavirus-positive specimens from infants with acute gastroenteritis were electropherotyped (rna genome segments) and serotyped using an enzyme immunoassay with monoclonal antibodies (elisa with mabs). serotype 3 was predominant during the 10-month study period (41%), followed by serotype 1 (27%) and serotype 4 (9%). serotype 2 was not found. rotavirus strains were grouped into 3 major electropherotypes designated v, w and z, each corresponding to a singl ... | 1994 | 7894348 |
| rotavirus serotypes and electropherotypes identified among hospitalised children in são luís, maranhão, brazil. | during june 1997-june 1999 rotavirus infection was screened in infants aged up to 2 years and hospitalised with acute diarrhoea in são luís, northeastern brazil. altogether, 128 stool samples were collected from diarrhoeic patients and additional 122 faecal specimens from age and temporal matched inpatients without diarrhoea were obtained; rotavirus positivity rates for these groups were 32.0% (41/128) and 9.8% (12/122), respectively (p < 0.001). both electropherotyping and serotyping could be p ... | 2005 | 16302113 |