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| Portal,Thayara Morais; Siqueira,Jones Anderson Monteiro; Costa,Larissa Cristina Prado das Neves; Lima,Ian Carlos Gomes de; Lucena,Maria Silvia Sousa de; Bandeira,Renato da Silva; Linhares,Alexandre da Costa; Luz,Claudia Regina Nunes Eloi da; Gabbay,Yvone Benchimol; Resque,Hugo Reis. |
| ABSTRACT Gastroenteritis is one of the most common diseases during childhood, with norovirus (NoV) and sapovirus (SaV) being two of its main causes. This study reports for the first time the incidence of these viruses in hospitalized children with and without gastroenteritis in São Luís, Maranhão. A total of 136 fecal samples were tested by enzyme immunoassays (EIA) for the detection of NoV and by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) for detection of both NoV and SaV. Positive samples for both agents were subjected to sequencing. The overall frequency of NoV as detected by EIA and RT-PCR was 17.6% (24/136) and 32.6% (15/46), respectively in diarrheic patients and 10.0% (9/90) in non-diarrheic patients (p < 0.01). Of the diarrheic... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Norovirus; Sapovirus; Gastroenteritis; Children. |
| Ano: 2016 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822016000300724 |
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