Norovirus detection and genotyping for children with gastroenteritis, Brazil.
During 1998-2005, we analyzed stool samples from 289 children in Rio de Janeiro to detect and genotype no-rovirus strains. Previous tests showed all samples to be negative for rotavirus and adenovirus. Of 42 (14.5%) no-rovirus-positive specimens, 20 (47.6%) were identified as genogroup GI and 22 (52.3%) as GII.
Soares
Caroline C
CC
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. csoares@ioc.fiocruz.br
Santos
Norma
N
Beard
Rachel Suzanne
RS
Albuquerque
Maria Carolina M
MC
Maranhão
Adriana G
AG
Rocha
Ludmila N
LN
Ramírez
Maria Liz
ML
Monroe
Stephan S
SS
Glass
Roger I
RI
Gentsch
Jon
J
D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D017250:Caliciviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics / Q000821:virology*; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D029322:Norovirus / Q000235:genetics*; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods