Determination of serotypes of astroviruses by reverse transcription- polymerase chain reaction and homologies of the types by the sequencing of Japanese isolates

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 539-547

  Matsui, Mihoko ^a,b   Ushijima, Hiroshi ^a   Hachiya, Masahiko ^a,b   Kakizawa, Junko ^a   Wen, Leying ^a   Oseto, Mitsuaki ^c   Morooka, Keiichi ^b   Kurtz, John B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Ehime Prefectural Health Environmental Research Institute   (Japan)

^d JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Astrovirus; Homology; RT PCR; Serotype

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; ASTROVIRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SERODIAGNOSIS; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS;

ASTROVIRIDAE; MIRIDAE; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0031821508     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1998.tb02322.x     Document Type: Article

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