Rotavirus gastroenteritis and Central Nervous System (CNS) infection: Characterization of the VP7 and VP4 genes of rotavirus strains isolated from paired fecal and cerebrospinal fluid samples from a child with CNS disease

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 4797-4799

  Iturriza Gomara M ^a,d   Auchterlonie, I A ^b   Zaw, W ^b   Molyneaux, P ^c   Desselberger, U ^a   Gray, J ^a,d  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL ABERDEEN CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^d CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; PROTEIN VP4; PROTEIN VP7; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FECES ANALYSIS; GASTROENTERITIS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; ROTAVIRUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRUS STRAIN;

ANTIGENS, VIRAL; CAPSID PROTEINS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM VIRAL DISEASES; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; FECES; GASTROENTERITIS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

RNA VIRUSES; ROTAVIRUS;

EID: 18744411782     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.12.4797-4799.2002     Document Type: Article

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