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. 1980 Apr;10(3):173-177.
doi: 10.1016/S0399-077X(80)80049-7. Epub 2005 May 26.

Recherche de virus en microscopie électronique dans les selles d'enfants atteints de gastro-entérite aiguë hivernale

[Article in French]
F Ferchal  1 , R Colimon  1 , A Roseto  2 , J F Desjeux  3 , Y Perol  1
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Recherche de virus en microscopie électronique dans les selles d'enfants atteints de gastro-entérite aiguë hivernale

[Article in French]
F Ferchal et al. Med Mal Infect. 1980 Apr.

Abstract
in English, French

During two successive winters, faecal extracts from 110 children under 3 years of age were examined by electron microscopy with negative contrast. In a first group of 22 children hospitalised for various medical disorders, no virus particles were detected. In the second group of 88 children with acute gastroenteritis, we found viruses in 31,8 % of the faecal extracts, Rotavirus were detected in 22,7 % of the specimens and various particles (Adenovirus, Astrovirus, Coronavirus) in 9,1 % of the specimens.

Nous avons examiné au microscope électronique après coloration négative au cours de deux hivers successifs 110 selles d'enfants âgés de moins de 3 ans dont 88 étaient hospitalisés pour gastro-entérite infantile. Dans le groupe témoin, constitué de 22 enfants hospitalisés pour des motifs divers pour lesquels la coproculture était pratiquée à titre systématique, aucun virus n'a été mis en évidence tandis que les selles d'enfants atteints de gastro-entérite étaient riches en virions dans 31,8 % des cas. Dans 22,7 % des cas les virions observés étaient des Rotavirus, dans 9,1 % des cas il s'agissait de virus divers : Adénovirus, Astrovirus, Coronavirus.

Keywords: Astrovirus; Coronavirus; Electron microscope; Infantile gastroenteritis; Rotavirus.

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