Characterization of unusual G8 rotavirus strains isolated from Egyptian children

Archives of Virology

Volumn 144, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1381-1396

  Holmes, J L ^a,e   Kirkwood, C D ^a   Gerna, G ^b   Clemens, J D ^c   Rao, M R ^c   Naficy, A B ^c   Abu Elyazeed, R ^d   Savarino, S J ^d   Glass, R I ^a   Gentsch, J R ^a  

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

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^c EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^d US Naval Medical Research Unit No 3 Egypt   (Egypt)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; EGYPT; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; GENOTYPE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; NEUTRALIZATION; ROTAVIRUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEROTYPE; SEROTYPING; VIRUS DETECTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; CAPSID; CAPSID PROTEINS; CATTLE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EGYPT; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ROTAVIRUS; SEROTYPING;

EID: 0032792979     PISSN: 03048608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007050050594     Document Type: Article

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