Mutated G4P[8] rotavirus associated with a nationwide outbreak of gastroenteritis in Nicaragua in 2005

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 990-997

  Bucardo, Filemon ^a,b   Karlsson, Beatrice ^b   Nordgren, Johan ^b   Paniagua, Margarita ^a   Gonzalez, Alcides ^c   Amador, Juan Jose ^c   Espinoza, Felix ^a   Svensson, Lennart ^b  

^a National Autonomous University of Nicaragua   (Nicaragua)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Sócrates Flores Vivas Health Center   (Nicaragua)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINE; THREONINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; BRAZIL; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NICARAGUA; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; ROTAVIRUS; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; URUGUAY; VIRAL GASTROENTERITIS; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS MUTATION; VP7 GENE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; CAPSID PROTEINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GASTROENTERITIS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NICARAGUA; PREVALENCE; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS;

ROTAVIRUS;

EID: 33947254175     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01992-06     Document Type: Article

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