Distribution of human rotaviruses, especially G9 strains, in Japan from 1996 to 2000

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 591-599

  Zhou, Yumei ^a   Li, Lei ^a   Okitsu, Shoko ^a   Maneekarn, Niwat ^b   Ushijima, Hiroshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Japan; Molecular epidemiology; Rotavirus; Serotype G9

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FECES ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; JAPAN; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREVALENCE; RNA ANALYSIS; ROTAVIRUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROTYPE; THAILAND; UNITED STATES; VIRUS STRAIN;

RNA VIRUSES; ROTAVIRUS;

EID: 0042972892     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2003.tb03422.x     Document Type: Article

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