Detection of caliciviruses associated with acute infantile gastroenteritis in Salvador, an urban center in Northeast Brazil

Acute gastroenteritis caused by viruses is one of the leading causes of infantile morbidity. The aim of the present study was to investigate the presence of human caliciviruses of the genera norovirus and sapovirus in children up to 3 years of age with acute gastroenteritis from low-income communiti...

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Main Authors: M.P.T.P. Xavier, S.A. Oliveira, M.S.R. Ferreira, M. Victoria, V. Miranda, M.F.M. Silva, A. Strina, M.L. Barreto, M.P. Miagostovicht, J.P.G. Leite
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica 2009-05-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2009000500007