title: Cocirculation of different rotavirus strains in a local outbreak of infantile gastroenteritis: monitoring by rapid and sensitive nucleic acid analysis.
abstract: Rotaviruses isolated from 22 patients during a local outbreak of infantile gastroenteritis in October/November 1981 were genotyped by establishing their RNA migration patterns on polyacrylamide gels. A highly sensitive silver staining procedure was used to visualize the RNAs. It was found that strains with at least four different RNA patterns cocirculated and also showed serological differences.
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D012401:Rotavirus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012400:Rotavirus Infections / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D012367:RNA, Viral