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October 1, 1994Journal of Clinical MicrobiologyOpen Access

Survey of rotavirus G and P types associated with human gastroenteritis in São Paulo, Brazil, from 1986 to 1992

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Population

Brazilian children with gastroenteritis

Design

Cross-sectional

Authors

MTMaría do Carmo Sampaio Tavares TimenetskyInstituto Adolfo LutzNSNorma SantosUniversidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroVGVera GouvêaUniversidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

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Implication

Rotavirus diversity beyond major types in Brazilian children may affect vaccine coverage; leaves open needs for expanded surveillance and genotyping.

Structured PICO

P
Population
Brazilian children with gastroenteritis
I
Intervention
PCR-based typing assays
O
Outcome
Characterization of rotavirus G and P types

Identified previously unrecognized diversity in rotavirus G and P types causing gastroenteritis in Brazilian children.

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Timenetsky et al. (1994) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a6fb19ac2d7c3090826cdcdhttps://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.32.10.2622-2624.1994
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