Human group B rotavirus infections cause severe diarrhea in children and adults in Bangladesh.

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  • Takeshi Sanekata
  • Muzahed Uddin Ahmed
  • Abdul Kader
  • Koki Taniguchi
  • Nobumichi Kobayashi
چکیده

Human group B rotavirus was detected in 12 of 220 adult patients and 2 of 67 child patients with severe diarrhea in Bangladesh. Group B rotavirus may be virulent in both adults and children, and the virus may be an especially serious diarrheal agent in Bangladesh.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Journal of clinical microbiology

دوره 41 5  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2003