Distribution of rotavirus VP4 genotype and VP7 serotype among Chinese children

Pediatrics International

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 641-643

  Adhikary, Arun Kumar ^a   Zhou, Yumei ^a   Kakizawa, Junko ^a   Numaga, Jiro ^a   Akihara, Shiho ^a   Fang, Zhao Yin ^b   Ushijima, Hiroshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Institute of Virology   (China)

Author keywords

China; Genotype; Rotavirus; Serotype

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINESE; DIARRHEA; FECES ANALYSIS; GASTROENTERITIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTAVIRUS; SEROTYPE; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CAPSID; CHINA; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROTAVIRUS; SEROTYPING; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 0032421685     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.1998.tb02008.x     Document Type: Article

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