Journal Publications
| Author | Sun LW, Tong ZL, Li LH, Zhang J, Chen Q, Zheng LS, Liu J, Xie HP, Wang CX, Zhang LJ, Ivanoff B, Glass RI, Bresee JS, Jiang XI, Kilgore PE, Fang ZY |
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| Title | [Surveillance finding on rotavirus in Changchun children's hospital during July 1998-June 2001]. |
| Journal Name | Chi J Epidemiol=Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi |
| Month / Year | 2003 (Nov) |
| Vol (No) | 24 (11) |
| Page | 1010 ~ 2 |
| Link | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=14687501 |
| Abstract | OBJECTIVE: To establish baseline patterns of rotavirus diarrhea and to describe its epidemiologic features in Changchun city, prior to rotavirus vaccine immunization. METHODS: Hospital-based surveillance was conducted among children under 5 years old with acute diarrhea in Changchun Children's Hospital. Fecal samples were determined to identify rotavirus by PAGE and/or ELISA. G serotypes of rotavirus were identified by ELISA and/or nested RT-PCR. P genotyping were carried out by RT-PCR. All data were computerized and analysed by |
| Keyword | Child, Preschool; China/epidemiology; Diarrhea/etiology; Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; English Abstract; Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; Feces/virology; Female; Genotype; Hospitals, Pediatric/statistics & numerical data; Human; Infant; Male; Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; Rotavirus/classification; Rotavirus/genetics; Rotavirus/isolation & purification*; Rotavirus Infections/complications; Rotavirus Infections/epidemiology; Rotavirus Infections/virology*; Sentinel Surveillance*; Serotyping; Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |