Rotavirus infection detected in neonates from hospitals in urban Bangladesh

N S Shahid; N Nahar Banu; F Bingnan; S R Tzipori; L E Unicomb

doi:10.1007/BF01314329

Rotavirus infection detected in neonates from hospitals in urban Bangladesh

Arch Virol. 1991;119(1-2):135-40. doi: 10.1007/BF01314329.

Authors

N S Shahid¹, N Nahar Banu, F Bingnan, S R Tzipori, L E Unicomb

Affiliation

¹ International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka.

PMID: 1650551
DOI: 10.1007/BF01314329

Abstract

A study of neonatal group A rotavirus (RV) infection in 3 hospitals of urban Bangladesh identified 60 infected babies of 100 studied in 2 hospitals. Preliminary evidence based on serotyping and electropherotyping suggest that these RVs differ from community strains.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Bangladesh
Hospitals
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Rotavirus / classification
Rotavirus / isolation & purification
Rotavirus Infections / diagnosis*
Rotavirus Infections / microbiology
Serotyping
Urban Population