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Epidemiology of Rotavirus Diarrhea in the Highlands of Papua, New Guinea, in 1979, As Revealed by Electrophoresis of Genome RNA

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Journal J Clin Microbiol
Specialty Microbiology
Date 1983 Jan 1
PMID 6298273
Citations 15
Authors
M J Albert
R F Bishop
F A Shann
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Abstract

Results of gel electrophoresis of rotavirus genome RNA from feces of children in two provinces in Papua, New Guinea, suggest that the epidemiology of rotavirus infection in small communities with a total population of 3,000 may differ from that in urban or closely settled rural areas.

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