Revista de Saúde Pública
Print version ISSN 0034-8910
Abstract
CANDEIAS, J. A. N.; RACZ, M. L.; BREVIGLIERI, José Carlos and ROSENBURG, Cornélio P.. The complement fixation test in the identification of human rotavirus. Rev. Saúde Pública [online]. 1980, vol.14, n.3, pp. 420-424. ISSN 0034-8910. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0034-89101980000300013.
After eliminating the anticomplementarity of the fecal extracts, complement fixation was used to detect human rotavirus in the stools of 35 (28.7%) out of 122 one-to twelve-month-old children with acute gastroenteritis. Infection was nigher in the 6-to 12-month-old children.
Keywords : Rotavirus; Complements fixation tests; Diarrhea, infantile.









