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SUBMITTER: La Rosa G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4538309 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
La Rosa G G Della Libera S S Petricca S S Iaconelli M M Donia D D Saccucci P P Cenko F F Xhelilaj G G Divizia M M
BioMed research international 20150803
The objectives of the present study were to assess the occurrence of human adenoviruses (HAdVs) in paediatric patients with gastroenteritis in Albania and to characterize HAdV strains. Faecal specimens from children admitted with acute gastroenteritis to the Paediatric Hospital in Tirana were screened for HAdV, using broad-range primers targeting the hexon gene, in combination with species-specific primers targeting the fiber gene. Phylogenetic analysis was then performed to assess the genetic r ...[more]