Rotavirus G and P types in children with acute diarrhea in Blantyre, Malawi, from 1997 to 1998: Predominance of novel P[6]G8 strains

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 308-312

  Cunliffe, Nigel A ^a,b   Gondwe, Jailosi S ^a   Broadhead, Robin L ^a   Molyneux, Malcolm E ^a   Woods, Patricia A ^c   Bresee, Joseph S ^c   Glass, Roger I ^c   Gentsch, Jon R ^c   Hart, C Anthony ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

Genotypes; Malawi; Rotavirus

Indexed keywords

ROTAVIRUS VACCINE; VIRUS ANTIGEN; VIRUS RNA;

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ARTICLE; CHILD; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MALAWI; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; PREVALENCE; RNA ANALYSIS; ROTAVIRUS; SEROTYPE; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHILD; DIARRHEA; HUMANS; MALAWI; ROTAVIRUS; SEROTYPING;

EID: 0032940032     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(199903)57:3<308::AID-JMV15>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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