Diversity in the Enteric Viruses Detected in Outbreaks of Gastroenteritis from Mumbai, Western India

Diversity in the Enteric Viruses Detected in Outbreaks of Gastroenteritis from Mumbai, Western India

Faecal specimens collected from two outbreaks of acute gastroenteritis that occurred in southern Mumbai, India in March and October, 2006 were tested for seven different enteric viruses. Among the 218 specimens tested, 95 (43.6%) were positive, 73 (76.8%) for a single virus and 22 (23.2%) for multip...

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Main Authors: Renu Bhardwaj, Sulbha Akarte, Jagannath Kulkarni, Sanjay Tikute, Ganesh Dhale, Rajendra Kolhapure, Sujata Ranshing, Vaishali Tatte, Ritu Arora, Anismrita Lahon, Harsha Verma, Preeti Chhabra, Pooja Patil, Varanasi Gopalkrishna, Shobha Chitambar, Sashikant Pawar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2012-03-01
Series:International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Subjects:
adenovirus
Aichivirus
astrovirus
enterovirus
norovirus
rotavirus
gastroenteritis outbreak
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/9/3/895/

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