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Distinct reovirus-like agents associated with acute infantile gastroenteritis.

Journal of clinical microbiology ·Vol. 6 ·No. 5 ·1977-11-00 ·Pages 502-6

Espejo RT, Calderon E, Gonzalez N

Abstract

Human reovirus-like particles were found by electron microscopy in the stools of 25% of 71 infants and young children hospitalized with acute gastroenteritis in Mexico between December 1976 and April 1977. The virus was also identified by the electrophoresis patterns of its ribonucleic acid upon disruption of partially purified particles. This technique is as reliable as electron microscopy but less laborious, and could become a routine diagnostic procedure. The electrophoretic patterns of viral ribonucleic acid from different cases suggest that there are at least two different reovirus-like agents associated with infantile gastroenteritis.

MeSH Terms
Acute Disease Child, Preschool Diarrhea, Infantile/microbiology Electrophoresis, Agar Gel Feces/microbiology Gastroenteritis/microbiology Humans Infant RNA, Viral/analysis Viruses, Unclassified/isolation & purification,ultrastructure
Chemicals
RNA, Viral
Authors & Affiliations
3 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Espejo R T
Calderon E
Gonzalez N
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Article Info
Journal
Journal of clinical microbiology
Abbr.
J Clin Microbiol
ISSN
0095-1137
Published
1977-11-00
Pages
502-6
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
7505564
PMCID
PMC274805
Subset
IM
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