Characterisation of rotaviruses from children treated at a London hospital during 1996: Emergence of strains G9P2A[6] and G3P2A[6]

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 150-154

  Cubitt, W D ^a   Steele, A D ^b   Iturriza, M ^c  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b SEFAKO MAKGATHO HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Genotype; Rotavirus; Serotype; VP4; VP7

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; ROTAVIRUS; SEROTYPE; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TYPING;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INFANT; LONDON; MALE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SEROTYPING;

RNA VIRUSES; ROTAVIRUS;

EID: 0034025775     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(200005)61:1<150::AID-JMV24>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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