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Antibody to serotype 8 rotavirus in Ecuadorian and German children

Brüssow, H. ; Sidoti, J.

In: Epidemiology and Infection, 1991, vol. 106, no. 2, p. 415-420

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    Title
    • Antibody to serotype 8 rotavirus in Ecuadorian and German children
    Author
    • Brüssow, H.. Nestlé Research Centre, Nestec Ltd, Vers-chez-les Blanc, CH-1000 Lausanne 26, Switzerland
    • Sidoti, J.. Nestlé Research Centre, Nestec Ltd, Vers-chez-les Blanc, CH-1000 Lausanne 26, Switzerland
    Document Type
    • Postprint
    Language
    • English
    Published in
    • Epidemiology and Infection, 1991, vol. 106, no. 2, p. 415-420. Cambridge University Press
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    Classification
    • Health
    OAI-PMH Identifier
    • oai:doc.rero.ch:298982
    Summary
    Only 2 out of 71 German patients infected with rotavirus (3%) and 8 out of 147 German control patients (5%) showed serum antibody to the new serotype 8 rotavirus. Such antibody was detected in the sera of 232 of 870 Ecuadorian children (27%). Twelve Ecuadorian sera showed neutralizing activity only against serotype 8 and not to the other serotypes (1-4) tested, indicating that human serotype 8 rotavirus circulates in South America