Molecular characterization of a new variant of rotavirus P[8]G9 predominant in a sentinel-based survey in central Italy

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1011-1015

  Ansaldi, Filippo ^a   Pastorino, Barbara ^a   Valle, Laura ^a   Durando, Paolo ^a   Sticchi, Laura ^a   Tucci, Pierluigi ^b   Biasci, Paolo ^b   Lai, Piero ^a   Gasparini, Roberto ^a   Icardi, Giancarlo ^a   Boni, Luigi ^b   Cicchiello, Renato ^b   Citti, Filippo ^b   Costagliela, Alessandro ^b   Ghelardini, Andrea ^b   Giuntini, Franco ^b   Gucci, Marco ^b   Marini, Alessandro ^b   Tamburini, Patrizia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b Italian Federation of Paediatricians ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ROTAVIRUS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; ASIA; EUROPE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE ISOLATION; GENOTYPE; HEALTH SURVEY; ITALY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS P[8]G9; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; VIRUS GENE; VP4 GENE; VP7 GENE; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

ANTIGENS, VIRAL; CAPSID PROTEINS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ITALY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ROTAVIRUS;

EID: 33947196044     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02054-06     Document Type: Article

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