Distribution of rotavirus G and P types in North and South Indian children with acute diarrhoea in 1998-99

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 491-492

  Kang, G ^a   Raman, T ^a   Green, J ^b   Gallimore, C I ^b   Brown, D W G ^b  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Diarrhoea; Genotypes; Geographical distribution; India; PCR; Rotavirus

Indexed keywords

ROTAVIRUS VACCINE;

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROTAVIRUS; VACCINATION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TYPING;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS;

RNA VIRUSES; ROTAVIRUS;

EID: 0035467618     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(01)90014-8     Document Type: Article

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