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SUBMITTER: Portes SA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4909040 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz 20160501 6
A gastroenteritis outbreak that occurred in 2013 in a low-income community in Rio de Janeiro was investigated for the presence of enteric viruses, including species A rotavirus (RVA), norovirus (NoV), astrovirus (HAstV), bocavirus (HBoV), aichivirus (AiV), and adenovirus (HAdV). Five of nine stool samples (83%) from patients were positive for HAdV, and no other enteric viruses were detected. Polymerase chain reaction products were sequenced and subjected to phylogenetic analysis, which revealed ...[more]