Identification of the hexon region of an adenovirus involved in a new outbreak of keratoconjunctivitis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 2975-2977

  Imai, Y ^a   Kameya, S ^a   Ohkoshi, M ^a   Yamaki, K ^a   Sakuragi, S ^a  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROTYPE; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION;

ADENOVIRUS INFECTIONS, HUMAN; ADENOVIRUSES, HUMAN; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CAPSID; CAPSID PROTEINS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, VIRAL; HUMANS; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ADENOVIRIDAE; DNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0034879511     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.8.2975-2977.2001     Document Type: Article

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