Rotavirus G and P types circulating in Brazil: Characterization by RT-PCR, probe hybridization, and sequence analysis

Archives of Virology

Volumn 141, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2365-2374

  Leite, J P G ^a,c   Alfieri, A A ^a,b   Woods, P A ^c   Glass, R I ^c   Gentsch, J R ^c,d  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPSID PROTEIN; VIRUS ANTIGEN; VIRUS PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA; VIRUS VACCINE; VP4 PROTEIN, ROTAVIRUS; VP7 PROTEIN, ROTAVIRUS;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CELL CULTURE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FECES; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RESEARCH REPORT; ROTAVIRUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; VIRAL DISEASES; VIROLOGY; VIRUS CAPSID; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS INFECTION; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

AMERICAS; BRAZIL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; LATIN AMERICA; MEASUREMENT; PREVALENCE; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SOUTH AMERICA; VIRAL DISEASES;

ANTIGENS, VIRAL; BRAZIL; CAPSID; CAPSID PROTEINS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FECES; GENES, VIRAL; GENOME, VIRAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RNA, VIRAL; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; VIRAL PROTEINS; VIRAL VACCINES;

EID: 0030459342     PISSN: 03048608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01718637     Document Type: Article

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