Electropherotypes of rotavirus strains causing gastroenteritis in infants and young children in Tirana, Albania, from 1988 to 1991.
During 1988-1991, an epidemiological survey was conducted in Tirana (Albania) on group A rotavirus strains which cause gastroenteritis in infants and young children. Rotaviruses were detected in 312 of 1,241 (25.1%) examined specimens from children with acute diarrhoea. Viruses were detected throughout the study period. Among the 72 rotavirus strains tested for double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) electrophoretic migration pattern, 9 different electropherotypes were recognized, 1 of those being more frequent than the others. At the beginning and at the end of the examined period (1988 and 1990-1991) two different long electropherotypes were predominant, whereas in 1989 (middle period) short electropherotypes were common indicating an involvement of virus strains with short electropherotypes in hospitalization-requiring diarrhoeas occurring in the area surveyed in that year.
Superti
F
F
Department of Ultrastructures, Istituto Superiore di Sanitá, Rome, Italy.
Diamanti
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E
Giovannangeli
S
S
Dobi
V
V
Xhelili
L
L
Donelli
G
G
D000367:Age Factors; D000415:Albania / Q000453:epidemiology; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000821:virology; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D005243:Feces / Q000821:virology; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D012330:RNA, Double-Stranded; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis*; D012401:Rotavirus / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012400:Rotavirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*
D000956:Antigens, Viral; D012330:RNA, Double-Stranded; D012367:RNA, Viral