Epidemiological study of the G serotype distribution of group A rotaviruses in Kenya from 1991 to 1994

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 296-303

  Nakata, Shuji ^a,b   Gatheru, Zippora ^a   Ukae, Susumu ^b   Adachi, Noriaki ^b   Kobayashi, Nobumichi ^b   Honma, Shinjiro ^b   Muli, Joseph ^a   Ogaja, Peter ^a   Nyangao, James ^a   Kiplagat, Esau ^a   Tukei, Peter M ^a   Chiba, Shunzo ^b  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute gastroenteritis; G serotype; Group A rotavirus; Kenya; RT PCR; Serotype 8

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; KENYA; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROTAVIRUS; SEROTYPE; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; GASTROENTERITIS; GENOME, VIRAL; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KENYA; PREVALENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SEROTYPING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033001802     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(199907)58:3<296::AID-JMV17>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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