Rotavirus infection detected in neonates from hospitals in urban Bangladesh.
A study of neonatal group A rotavirus (RV) infection in 3 hospitals of urban Bangladesh identified 60 infected babies of 100 studied in 2 hospitals. Preliminary evidence based on serotyping and electropherotyping suggest that these RVs differ from community strains.
Shahid
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International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka.
Nahar Banu
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Bingnan
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Tzipori
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Unicomb
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D001459:Bangladesh; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D012401:Rotavirus / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012400:Rotavirus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D012703:Serotyping; D014505:Urban Population