Rotavirus in the feces of children with acute diarrhea in Cochabamba, Bolivia

López, E.; Barrera, F.; Saavedra, J.; Cona, E.; Aguilera, G.

Revista Chilena de Pediatria 60(1): 34-35

1989


ISSN/ISBN: 0370-4106
PMID: 2561382
Document Number: 336645
Eighty patients with acute diarrheal disease from Cochabamba, Bolivia, were investigated for rotavirus infection by rotapheresis. Rotavirus ARN was detected in 18 (22.5%) of the cases, thus suggesting that this agent is also a frequent cause of acute diarrhea in the studied population as reported from other places of the world.

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