VP4 and VP7 genotyping of rotavirus samples recovered from infected children in Ireland over a 3-year period

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1699-1703

  O'Mahony, Jim ^a   Foley, Barbara ^a   Morgan, Sheila ^a   Morgan, John G ^a   Hill, Colin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ROTAVIRUS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS; FECES ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; IRELAND; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROTAVIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TYPING;

HUMAN ROTAVIRUS A; RNA VIRUSES; ROTAVIRUS;

EID: 0032910410     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.6.1699-1703.1999     Document Type: Article

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