Characterization of rotavirus electropherotypes excreted by symptomatic and asymptomatic infants
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Fernández, J.
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Characterization of rotavirus electropherotypes excreted by symptomatic and asymptomatic infants
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Human rotavirus isolates from 1100 stool samples were analyzed by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, and 48 different migration patterns were detected. Heterogeneity in the migration of segment 10 was observed in both long and short electropherotypes in which three long and two short patterns were identified. In spite of these variations all short and long electropherotypes were subgrouped by enzyme immunoassay as subgroups I and II respectively. Mixed infections were detected in 17% of cases and the subgrouping correlated with the corresponding electropherotypes. The same electropherotypes were present in severe, mild and asymptomatic cases and no electropherotype was particularly associated with greater virulence. Furthermore, the electropherotypes isolated from nosocomial asymptomatic cases were the same as those detected from those admitted with severe diarrheoa. It seems unlikely that electropherotyping can be used to identify more virulent strains of rotavirus. © 1991, Cambridge
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URI: https://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/162397
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268800056557
ISSN: 14694409
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