Group A rotavirus strains circulating in the eastern center of Tunisia during a ten-year period (1995-2004)

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 79, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1002-1008

  Chouikha, A ^a   Fodha, I ^b   Noomen, S ^c   Bouzid, L ^d   Mastouri, M ^c   Peenze, I ^e   De Beer, M ^e   Dewar, J ^e   Geyer, A ^e   Sfar, T ^f   Gueddiche, N ^c   Messaadi, F ^d   Trabelsi, A ^a,b   Boujaafar, N ^a   Steele, A D ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^b SAHLOUL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^c FATTOUMA BOURGUIBA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^d HEDI CHAKER HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO   (South Africa)

^f Tahar Sfar University Hospital   (Tunisia)

^g WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Rotavirus; RT PCR; VP4 genotype; VP7 genotype

Indexed keywords

ROTAVIRUS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENOTYPE; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NORTH AFRICA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROTAVIRUS; SEROTYPE; TUNISIA; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS STRAIN; VP7 GENE;

ANTIGENS, VIRAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; TIME FACTORS; TUNISIA;

ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS A;

EID: 34249908376     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.20919     Document Type: Article

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