Volume 13, Number 8—August 2007
Dispatch
Norovirus Detection and Genotyping for Children with Gastroenteritis, Brazil
Caroline C. Soares*1
, Norma Santos*, Rachel Suzanne Beard†, Maria Carolina M. Albuquerque*, Adriana G. Maranhão*, Ludmila N. Rocha*, Maria Liz Ramírez*, Stephan S. Monroe†, Roger I. Glass†, and Jon Gentsch†
, Norma Santos*, Rachel Suzanne Beard†, Maria Carolina M. Albuquerque*, Adriana G. Maranhão*, Ludmila N. Rocha*, Maria Liz Ramírez*, Stephan S. Monroe†, Roger I. Glass†, and Jon Gentsch†
Table 1
Distribution of norovirus-positive samples detected in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1998–2005*
| Year | Real-time reverse transcription–PCR |
Conventional reverse transcription–PCR |
Total no. positive samples/genogroup | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. samples tested | No. positive samples/genogroup | No. samples tested | No. positive samples/genogroup | |||
| 1998 | 23 | 4/3GI + 1GII | 0 | NA | 4/3GI + 1GII | |
| 1999 | 29 | 3/GII | 5 | 1/GI | 4/1GI + 3GII | |
| 2000 | 31 | 4/2GI + 2GII | 7 | 0 | 4/2GI + 2GII | |
| 2001 | 26 | 4/GII | 0 | NA | 4/GII | |
| 2002 | 31 | 5/4GI + 1GII | 10 | 0 | 5/4GI + 1GII | |
| 2003 | 32 | 8/5GI + 3GII | 9 | 1/GI | 9/6GI + 3GII | |
| 2004 | 39 | 4/1GI + 3GII | 16 | 3/GI | 7/4GI + 3GII | |
| 2005 |
29 |
4/GII |
2 |
1/GII |
5/5GII |
|
| Total | 240 | 36/15GI + 21GII | 49 | 6/5GI + 1GII | 42/20GI + 22GII | |
*NA, not applicable.
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