Isolation and identification of Adenovirus in hospitalized children, under five years, with acute respiratory disease, in Havana, Cuba
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
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95(6): 859-61, Nov.-Dec. 2000. ilus, tab
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ABSTRACT
Nine Adenovirus (Ad) strains isolated in Cuba, from 128 nasopharingeal swab specimens of children below five years old, with acute respiratory diseases, during 1996 and 1997, were studied by restriction enzyme analysis of genomic DNA with two endonucleases BamH I and Sma I. All different fragment patterns were compared with the respective prototypes. The identified adenoviruses were Ad 1 (n=4), Ad 2 (n=1) and Ad 6 (n=4). Males were more frequently infected than females. The analysis of the occurrence of these Adenovirus strains of subgenus C revealed that Ad 1 and Ad 6 were the predominant serotypes in 1996 and in 1997, respectively
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Main subject:
Respiratory Tract Diseases
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Adenoviruses, Human
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
Caribbean
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Cuba
Language:
English
Journal:
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
Journal subject:
Tropical Medicine
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Parasitology
Year:
2000
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Cuba
Institution/Affiliation country:
Instituto de Medicina Tropical Pedro Kourí/CU
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