Molecular epidemiology of astrovirus infection in Barcelona, Spain

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 133-139

  Guix, S ^a   Caballero, S ^a   Villena, C ^a   Bartolome R ^a   Latorre, C ^a   Rabella, N ^a   Simo M ^a   Bosch, A ^a   Pinto R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTROVIRUS; CHILD; GASTROENTERITIS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INFANT; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; SPAIN; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASTROVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAMASTROVIRUS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPAIN; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ASTROVIRIDAE; HUMAN ASTROVIRUS TYPE 1; HUMAN ASTROVIRUS TYPE 3; HUMAN ASTROVIRUS TYPE 4; HUMAN ASTROVIRUS TYPE 5; HUMAN ASTROVIRUS TYPE 6; HUMAN ASTROVIRUS TYPE 7; HUMAN ASTROVIRUS TYPE 8; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0036136454     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.1.133-139.2002     Document Type: Article

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