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A study of neonatal group A rotavirus (RV) infection in 3 hospitals of urban Bangladesh identified 60 infected babies of 100 studied in 2 hospitals. Preliminary evidence based on serotyping and electropherotyping suggest that these RVs differ from community strains.
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Shahid, N.S., Nahar Banu, N., Bingnan, F. et al. Rotavirus infection detected in neonates from hospitals in urban Bangladesh. Archives of Virology 119, 135–140 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01314329
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