Diversity of Group A Human Rotavirus Types Circulating over a 4-Year Period in Madrid, Spain

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1609-1613

  Sánchez Fauquier, Alicia ^a   Wilhelmi, Isabel ^b   Colomina, Javier ^c   Cubero, Eusebio ^a   Roman, Enriqueta ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL SEVERO OCHOA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL DE LA RIBERA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN ROTAVIRUS; INCIDENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPAIN;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SEASONS; SEROTYPING; SPAIN; VARIATION (GENETICS);

HUMAN ROTAVIRUS A; RNA VIRUSES; ROTAVIRUS;

EID: 11244354908     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.4.1609-1613.2004     Document Type: Article

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