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Seasonal shifts of group A rotavirus strains as a possible mechanism of persistence in the human population
Author(s) -
Parra Gabriel I.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of medical virology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.782
H-Index - 121
eISSN - 1096-9071
pISSN - 0146-6615
DOI - 10.1002/jmv.21423
Subject(s) - rotavirus , herd immunity , virology , persistence (discontinuity) , population , biology , strain (injury) , mechanism (biology) , virus , herd , reoviridae , medicine , vaccination , ecology , environmental health , philosophy , geotechnical engineering , epistemology , anatomy , engineering
This article demonstrates how the seasonal predominance of a new rotavirus strain in Asuncion, Paraguay is correlated with a wide spectrum of age groups of children infected in that given season. Therefore, this study provides new evidence to support the idea that seasonal shift of rotavirus strains is a possible mechanism used by the virus to evade herd immunity (acquired by the population due to previous infections) and, thus, ultimately persist in that population. J. Med. Virol. 81:568–571, 2009. © 2009 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.