Genetic variation of coxsackie virus B5 strains associated with aseptic meningitis in Greece

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 688-691

  Papa, Anna ^a   Dumaidi, K ^a   Franzidou, F ^a   Antoniadis, A ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aseptic meningitis; Coxsackie virus; Enterovirus; Genetic relationships; Greece; Molecular typing

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN VP1;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXSACKIE VIRUS B; COXSACKIE VIRUS B5; ENTEROVIRUS; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GREECE; HUMAN; MALE; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TIME;

COXSACKIEVIRUS; ENTEROVIRUS;

EID: 33744903695     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2006.01476.x     Document Type: Article

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