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Molecular epidemiology of human rotaviruses. Analysis of outbreaks of acute gastroenteritis in Glasgow and the west of Scotland 1981/82 and 1982/83
- Source :
- The Journal of hygiene. 92(2)
- Publication Year :
- 1984
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Abstract
- SUMMARYThe molecular epidemiology of rotavirus infections in Glasgow and the west of Scotland during 1981/82 and 1982/83 was investigated by electron microscopy, ELISA testing and RNA migration pattern analysis. In 1981/82, rotaviruses of both the ‘long’ and the ‘short’ electropherotype (in different variants) co-circulated from the onset throughout the winter peak of the outbreak. Approximately 80 % of the children were infected during the first year of life. No differences in incidence were found between sexes. In 1982/83 the isolated rotaviruses were almost exclusively of the ‘long’ electropherotype (in different variants) and 36% of the children were infected beyond the first year of life. Rotaviruses of the ‘long’ electropherotype serologically were of subgroup II and serotype 1 and those of the ‘short’ electropherotype of subgroup I and serotype 2.
- Subjects :
- Serotype
Adult
Male
Rotavirus
medicine.medical_specialty
Adolescent
Immunology
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
Biology
medicine.disease_cause
Virus
Rotavirus Infections
Disease Outbreaks
Feces
Epidemiology
medicine
Humans
Serotyping
Child
Antigens, Viral
Molecular epidemiology
Incidence (epidemiology)
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Age Factors
Infant, Newborn
Outbreak
Infant
Virology
Gastroenteritis
Microscopy, Electron
Scotland
Child, Preschool
Acute Disease
RNA, Viral
Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
Female
Viral disease
Research Article
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00221724
- Volume :
- 92
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The Journal of hygiene
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....dd6d63d09a6959a26371ccb54bdee8ea