Viremia in infants with rotavirus diarrhea: a preliminary study
LI Ning
YAO Ying-min
Wen Shu-juan
Abstract：Objective To investigate the occurrence of viremia in infants with rotavirus diarrhea. Method The rotavirus ge- nome in the plasma samples of 60 infants with rotavirus diarrhea and in the peripherial blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) of 14 out of the infants who showed abnormal serum enzyme levels were subjected to nest reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction test. Results One infant was found to be positive for rotavirus in the plasma and 3 in the mononuclear cells, and the latter 3 infants was negative for rotavirus in the PBMCs. Conclusion Rotavirus viremia may occur in infants with rotavirus diarrhea.
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Publication Date：2001-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 288-290 )