Molecular characterization of rotaviruses circulating in the population in Turkey

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 673-678

  Cataloluk O ^a   Iturriza, M ^b   Gray, J ^b  

^a GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ARTICLE; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; ROTAVIRUS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VIRUS DETECTION;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BASE SEQUENCE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DIARRHEA; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PREVALENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEROTYPING; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TURKEY;

EID: 22544467514     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268805003882     Document Type: Article

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