Electrophoretic patterns of human rotavirus strains prevailing among hospitalized children with acute gastroenteritis.
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ABSTRACT
Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE) and silver staining was applied to detect rotavirus dsRNA from acute diarrheic stool of 365 hospitalized children below 5 years of age. The study was conducted at Mymensingh and Sunamgonj districts, Bangladesh from January 2002 to February 2003. Among 345 stool specimens tested, 86 (24.9%) were positive by PAGE. The rate of infection was highest in 0-12 months of age and declined significantly with increasing age. Males were slightly more infected than females and infection rate was more in winter. Twelve different electropherotypes were identified, of them eight were long and four were short. RNA profiles of the analyzed specimens, 88.6% were long and 11.4% were short patterns. Two of these long patterns (2F N 1 L, 2F N 3(U) L) circulated through out the study period and a single type was predominant (2F N 1 L). Mixed electropherotypes were also detected. Electropherotyping technique can be applied routinely to study the prevalence and epidemiological features of rotavirus infection. It is an excellent method for studying genomic variation, tracing mixed infections, detecting atypical rotaviruses lacking group-antigen and characterizing virus strains in outbreaks.
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Assunto principal:
Feminino
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Humanos
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Masculino
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Recém-Nascido
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Pré-Escolar
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Doença Aguda
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Rotavirus
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Diarreia
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Eletroforese em Gel de Poliacrilamida
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Gastroenterite
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo prognóstico
Idioma:
Inglês
Ano de publicação:
2006
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