Detection of an Unusual Human Rotavirus Strain with G5P[8] Specificity in a Cameroonian Child with Diarrhea

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 441-444

  Esona, Mathew D ^a   Armah, George E ^a,b   Geyer, Annelise ^a   Steele, A Duncan ^a,c  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b University of Ghana   (Ghana)

^c SEFAKO MAKGATHO HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; DIARRHEA; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROTAVIRUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS STRAIN; VP4 GENE; VP6 GENE; VP7 GENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; ROTAVIRUS;

ANIMALIA; HUMAN ROTAVIRUS A; RNA VIRUSES; ROTAVIRUS; SUIDAE;

EID: 0346462907     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.1.441-444.2004     Document Type: Article

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