Prevalence of unusual human rotavirus strains in Ghanaian children

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 67-71

  Armah, George E ^a   Pager, Cara T ^b   Asmah, Richard H ^a   Anto, Francis R ^c   Oduro, Abraham Rexford ^c   Binka, Fred ^c   Steele, Duncan ^b  

^a University of Ghana   (Ghana)

^b SEFAKO MAKGATHO HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Diarrhea; Ghana; VP4; VP7

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CHILD; DIARRHEA; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RNA SEQUENCE; ROTAVIRUS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VIRUS INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; DIARRHEA; FECES; GHANA; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RNA, VIRAL; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SEROTYPING; VARIATION (GENETICS);

HUMAN ROTAVIRUS A; RNA VIRUSES; ROTAVIRUS;

EID: 0035215812     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1096-9071(200101)63:1<67::AID-JMV1010>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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