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First detection of group C rotavirus in children with acute diarrhea in Spain

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 Group C rotavirus causes sporadic cases and outbreaks of acute diarrhea in children and adults in many countries, but has never been detected among children in Spain. In a recently conducted surveillance study to screen fecal specimens for bacteria and viruses from a cohort of 822 young children who were treated for acute diarrhea in Madrid, no pathogens were detected in fecal specimens from 238 (29%) children. In this study, we examined 147 of those specimens for group C rotavirus by EIA and PCR and found 22 (15%) were positive. Our findings demonstrate that group C rotavirus is an important cause of childhood diarrhea in Spain.

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  1. Viral Gastroenteritis Section, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Madrid, Spain, , , , , , ES

    A. Sánchez-Fauquier

  2. Servicio de Pediatria y de Microbiología, Hospital Severo Ochoa, Madrid, Spain, , , , , , ES

    E. Roman & I. Wilhelmi

  3. Servicio de Pediatria y de Microbiología, Hospital de La Ribera, Valencia, Spain, , , , , , ES

    J. Colomina

  4. Viral Gastroenteritis Section, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A., , , , , , US

    R.I. Glass & B. Jiang

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  1. A. Sánchez-Fauquier
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Received April 26, 2002; accepted September 6, 2002

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Sánchez-Fauquier, A., Roman, E., Colomina, J. et al. First detection of group C rotavirus in children with acute diarrhea in Spain. Arch Virol 148, 399–404 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00705-002-0921-4

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