Molecular epidemiology of type 1 polioviruses from Africa

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1017-1024

  Chezzi, Claudia ^a,b   Blackburn, Nigel K ^a   Schoub, Barry D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND MEDICAL SCHOOL   (South Africa)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLIOMYELITIS; POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TANZANIA; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ZAMBIA;

EID: 0030982612     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-78-5-1017     Document Type: Article

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