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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, May 2003, p. 2187-2190, Vol. 41, No. 5
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.5.2187-2190.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Human Group B Rotavirus Infections Cause Severe Diarrhea in Children and Adults in Bangladesh

Takeshi Sanekata,1* Muzahed Uddin Ahmed,2 Abdul Kader,3 Koki Taniguchi,4 and Nobumichi Kobayashi5

Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University, Tottori 680-8553,1 Department of Virology and Parasitology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi,4 Department of Hygiene, Faculty of Medicine, Sapporo Medical School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan,5 Department of Medicine, Bangladesh Agricultural University,2 S. K. Hospital, Mymensingh, Bangladesh3

Received 13 May 2002/ Returned for modification 21 July 2002/ Accepted 9 February 2003

Human group B rotavirus was detected in 12 of 220 adult patients and 2 of 67 child patients with severe diarrhea in Bangladesh. Group B rotavirus may be virulent in both adults and children, and the virus may be an especially serious diarrheal agent in Bangladesh.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University, Tottori 680-8553, Japan. Phone and fax: 81-857-31-5679. E-mail: sanekata{at}muses.tottori-u.ac.jp.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, May 2003, p. 2187-2190, Vol. 41, No. 5
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.5.2187-2190.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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