Characterisation of rotaviruses recovered from neonates with symptomatic infection

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 86, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1546-1549

  Steele, A D ^a   Sears, J F ^b  

^a SEFAKO MAKGATHO HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; FECES ANALYSIS; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNITY WARD; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; NONHUMAN; ROTAVIRUS; SEROTYPE; SOUTH AFRICA; VIRUS CAPSID; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS GENE;

DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FECES; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; RNA, VIRAL; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SEROTYPING; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0030476242     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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