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An an infants' ward, gastroenteritis occurred in five children in two groups, probably by nosocomial spead of adenovirus 31 (three cases) and adenovirus 31 + rotavirus (two cases). The infants recovered well. The DNA of adenovirus 31 isolates was analysed with ten restriction endonucleases and found identical for all five strains, but different from the prototype.
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Abbreviations
- AV:
-
adenovirus or adenoviruses
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Aided by grants from the following institutions: Bundesministerium für Jugend, Familie und Gesundheit, FRG, and Fördererverein der Deutschen Vereinigung zur Bekämpfung der Viruskrankheiten, München, FRG
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Adrian, T., Wigand, R. & Richter, J. Gastroenteritis in infants, associated with a genome type of adenovirus 31 and with combined rotavirus and adenovirus 31 infection. Eur J Pediatr 146, 38–40 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00647280
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