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Molecular epidemiology of human rotaviruses: Analysis of outbreaks of acute gastroenteritis in Glasgow and the west of Scotland 1981/82 and 1982/83

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 October 2009

E. A. C. Follett ,
R. C. Sanders ,
G. M. Beards ,
Fiona Hundley  and
U. Desselberger
E. A. C. Follett
Affiliation:
Regional Virus Laboratory, Ruchill Hospital, Glasgow G20 9NB
R. C. Sanders
Affiliation:
Regional Virus Laboratory, East Birmingham Hospital, Birmingham B9 5ST
G. M. Beards
Affiliation:
Regional Virus Laboratory, East Birmingham Hospital, Birmingham B9 5ST
Fiona Hundley
Affiliation:
Institute of Virology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G11 5JR
U. Desselberger
Affiliation:
Institute of Virology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G11 5JR
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The molecular epidemiology of rotavirus infections in Glasgow and the west of Scotland during 1981/82 and 1982/83 was investigated by electron microscopy, ELISA testing and RNA migration pattern analysis. In 1981/82, rotaviruses of both the ‘long’ and the ‘short’ electropherotype (in different variants) co-circulated from the onset throughout the winter peak of the outbreak. Approximately 80 % of the children were infected during the first year of life. No differences in incidence were found between sexes. In 1982/83 the isolated rotaviruses were almost exclusively of the ‘long’ electropherotype (in different variants) and 36% of the children were infected beyond the first year of life. Rotaviruses of the ‘long’ electropherotype serologically were of subgroup II and serotype 1 and those of the ‘short’ electropherotype of subgroup I and serotype 2.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 92 , Issue 2 , April 1984 , pp. 209 - 222
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1984

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