Characterization of serotype G9 rotavirus strains isolated in the United States and India from 1993 to 2001

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 3100-3111

  Laird, A R ^a   Gentsch, J R ^a,c   Nakagomi, T ^b   Nakagomi, O ^b   Glass, R I ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b AKITA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; NUCLEOTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INDIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA RNA HYBRIDIZATION; ROTAVIRUS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEROTYPE; UNITED STATES; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; CAPSID PROTEINS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INDIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PHYLOGENY; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROTYPING; UNITED STATES;

HUMAN ROTAVIRUS A; RNA VIRUSES; ROTAVIRUS;

EID: 0038506899     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.7.3100-3111.2003     Document Type: Article

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