A long term study of rotavirus infection in Thai infants and children with diarrhoea

Autor: C, Jayavasu, Y, Hooniwat, S, Sagaunwong, J, Jayavasu, K, Chatiyanonda
Rok vydání: 1982
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Zdroj: The Southeast Asian journal of tropical medicine and public health. 13(3)
ISSN: 0125-1562
Popis: During 1977-1980, human rotavirus was detected by electron microscopic technique in the stool of 55 (30.7%) of 179 patients, hospitalized in Bangkok Metropolis. Characteristic particles 65-70 nm in diameter, round shape, resembling a little wheel with radius capsomeres from the dense core. Other some adenovirus and small virus particles were seen, 2.8% and 2.2% respectively. Seasonal distribution among Thai patients with rotavirus infection mostly occurred in January (58.8%). The youngest patient in this study was 30 days old, and the frequency of human rotavirus infection was highest at age six to eleven months.
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