Rotaviruses in Venezuelan Children with Gastroenteritis

1 January 1977

journal article
research article
Published by American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene in The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Vol. 26 (1) , 148-151
https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.1977.26.148

Abstract

Rotaviruses were identified by electron microscopy in 19 of 26 (73%) Venezuelan children with gastroenteritis. Noncultivable adenoviruses and small (29–30 nm), spherical viruses were also observed in a few cases. Bacterial pathogens were isolated from five children (19%), all of whom were also carrying rotaviruses.