Molecular characterization of VP4 and NSP4 genes from rotavirus strains infecting neonates and young children in Belém, Brazil

Virus Research

Volumn 126, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 149-158

  Mascarenhas, Joana D'Arc P ^a   Linhares, Alexandre C ^a   Gabbay, Yvone B ^a   Lima, Clarissa S ^a   Guerra, Sylvia de Fátima S ^a   Soares, Luana S ^a   Oliveira, Darleise S ^a   Lima, Jackson C ^b   Macêdo, Olinda ^a   Leite, José Paulo G ^c  

^a INSTITUTO EVANDRO CHAGAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diarrheic children; Interspecies transmission; Neonates; P 6 genotype

Indexed keywords

ROTAVIRUS NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 4;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BOOTSTRAPPING; BRAZIL; CELL LINEAGE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTAVIRUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; BRAZIL; CAPSID PROTEINS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GENES, VIRAL; GENOTYPE; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SWINE; TOXINS, BIOLOGICAL; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; ROTAVIRUS; SUIDAE; SUS;

EID: 34248525149     PISSN: 01681702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2007.02.010     Document Type: Article

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