Molecular epidemiology of rotaviruses in Nigeria: Detection of unusual strains with G2P[6] and G8P[1] specificities [3]

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 913-914

  Salu, O B ^a   Audu, R ^a   Geyer, A ^b   Steele, A D ^b   Oyefolu, A O B ^c  

^a NIGERIAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Nigeria)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIARRHEA; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HUMAN; LETTER; NIGERIA; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTAVIRUS; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; NIGERIA; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS;

ROTAVIRUS;

EID: 0037316862     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.2.913-914.2003     Document Type: Letter

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