Molecular characterization of rotavirus strains from children in Toronto, Canada

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 77-84

  Kostouros, Eleni ^a   Siu, Karen ^a   Ford Jones, Elizabeth L ^a   Petric, Martin ^a   Tellier, Raymond ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

G serotype; Phylogenetic analysis; Rotavirus; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES CULTURE; HUMAN ROTAVIRUS; MIXED INFECTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SEQUENCE; SEROTYPE; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

ANTIGENS, VIRAL; CANADA; CAPSID PROTEINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROTYPING;

EID: 0042090400     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1386-6532(02)00266-4     Document Type: Article

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