Molecular analysis of VP4, VP7, and NSP4 genes of P[6]G2 rotavirus genotype strains recovered from neonates admitted to hospital in Belém, Brazil

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 281-289

  Mascarenhas, Joana D'Arc P ^a   Linhares, Alexandre C ^a   Bayma, Amanda Patrícia G ^a   Lima, Jackson C ^a   Sousa, Maisa S ^a   Araújo, Irene T ^b   Heinemann, Marcos B ^b   Gusmão, Rosa Helena P ^c   Gabbay, Yvone B ^a   Leite, José Paulo G ^b  

^a INSTITUTO EVANDRO CHAGAS   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE DO ESTADO DO PARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Neonatal rotavirus strains; NSP4 gene; Unusual P 6 g2 genotype; VP4 gene; VP7 gene

Indexed keywords

ROTAVIRUS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NSP4 GENE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; ROTAVIRUS; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS STRAIN; VP4 GENE; VP7 GENE;

ANTIGENS, VIRAL; BRAZIL; CAPSID PROTEINS; CARRIER STATE; GENES, VIRAL; GLYCOPROTEINS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TOXINS, BIOLOGICAL; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; ROTAVIRUS;

EID: 31144465981     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.20537     Document Type: Article

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