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Seasonal shifts of group A rotavirus strains as a possible mechanism of persistence in the human population

✍ Scribed by Gabriel I. Parra

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2009
Tongue: English
Weight: 77 KB
Volume: 81
Category: Article
ISSN: 0146-6615
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.21423

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Abstract

This article demonstrates how the seasonal predominance of a new rotavirus strain in Asuncion, Paraguay is correlated with a wide spectrum of age groups of children infected in that given season. Therefore, this study provides new evidence to support the idea that seasonal shift of rotavirus strains is a possible mechanism used by the virus to evade herd immunity (acquired by the population due to previous infections) and, thus, ultimately persist in that population. J. Med. Virol. 81:568–571, 2009. © 2009 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.

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