Seroepidemiology of human group C rotavirus in South Africa

Authors
Steele, AD James, VLA
Citation
Ad. Steele et Vla. James, Seroepidemiology of human group C rotavirus in South Africa, J CLIN MICR, 37(12), 1999, pp. 4142-4144
Citations number
28
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Immunolgy & Infectious Disease",Microbiology
Journal title
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY
ISSN journal
00951137 → ACNP
Volume
37
Issue
12
Year of publication
1999
Pages
4142 - 4144
Database
ISI
SICI code
0095-1137(199912)37:12<4142:SOHGCR>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
Sera from three separate healthy population cohorts were used to determine the incidence of group C rotavirus infections in 1,356 South Africans. Usin g an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay based on a recombinant group C rotav irus VP6 protein, the total percent positivity was found to be 34.4% (range , 33 to 38%), with almost half of the population infected after the age of 20 years.