Rotavirus surveillance in the city of Rio de Janeiro-Brazil during 2000-2004: Detection of unusual strains with G8F[4] or G10P[9]specifities

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 263-272

  Volotão, Eduardo M ^a   Scares, Caroline C ^a   Maranhão, Adriana G ^a   Rocha, Ludmila N ^a   Hoshino, Yasutaka ^b   Santos, Norma ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Gastroenteritis; Genotyping; Rotaviruses

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; FECES ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RNA ANALYSIS; ROTAVIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS STRAIN;

BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FECES; GENES, VIRAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OBSERVATION; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; URBAN POPULATION;

ROTAVIRUS;

EID: 31144432868     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.20535     Document Type: Article

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