Epidemiology of rotavirus serotypes in Melbourne, Australia, from 1973 to 1989.

@article{Bishop1991EpidemiologyOR,
  title={Epidemiology of rotavirus serotypes in Melbourne, Australia, from 1973 to 1989.},
  author={Ruth F. Bishop and Leanne E. Unicomb and Graeme L. Barnes},
  journal={Journal of clinical microbiology},
  year={1991},
  volume={29 5},
  pages={
          862-8
        }
}

• Ruth F. Bishop, Leanne E. Unicomb, Graeme L. Barnes
• Published in Journal of clinical microbiology 1991

Fecal rotavirus strains collected between 1973 and 1989 from 943 children admitted with acute diarrhea to one hospital in Melbourne, Australia, were serotyped by using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. The assay incorporated neutralizing monoclonal antibodies specific for VP7 of the four major human serotypes (1 through 4). A serotype could be assigned to 690 of 943 specimens (73.2%). Typeable strains comprised serotype 1 (72.5%), serotype 2 (6.8%), serotype 3 (2.9%), or serotype 4 (15.4… CONTINUE READING

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