Diversity of human rotavirus VP6, VP7, and VP4 in Lagos State, Nigeria

Journal of Health Population and Nutrition

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 59-64

  Audu, Rosemary ^a   Aremu Omilabu, S ^a   de Beer, Mariet ^a   Peenze, Ina ^a   Duncan Steele, A ^a  

^a Diarrhoeal Pathogens Research Unit   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Nigeria; Rotavirus; Rotavirus infections

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENOTYPE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; HUMAN ROTAVIRUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MIXED INFECTION; NIGERIA; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROTYPING; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TYPING;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; INFANT; NIGERIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS;

HUMAN ROTAVIRUS A; RNA VIRUSES; ROTAVIRUS;

EID: 0036094684     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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