Genetic characterization of the rotaviruses associated with a nursery outbreak

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 311-320

  Lee, Chun Nan ^a,b   Lin, Chia Chi ^a   Kao, Chuan Liang ^a,b   Zao, Chih Ling ^a   Shih, Mu Ching ^c   Chen, Hsiao Neng ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHANGHUA CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Molecular epidemiology; Nucleotide sequence; PCR; Phylogenetic analysis; VP4; VP7

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; EPIDEMIC; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; INFANT; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NURSERY; ROTAVIRUS; TAIWAN; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS STRAIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; CAPSID; CAPSID PROTEINS; CHILD; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GASTROENTERITIS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NURSERIES, HOSPITAL; PHYLOGENY; RNA, VIRAL; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TAIWAN;

CHRISTIA; ROTAVIRUS;

EID: 0035123763     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1096-9071(200104)63:4<311::AID-JMV1007>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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