Molecular characterization of group A rotavirus isolates obtained from hospitalized children in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 35-39

  Serravalle, Karina ^a   Santos, Norma ^b   Sardi, Silvia Inês ^a   Silva, Sarah Peregrino Santos ^a   da Costa Ribeiro Jr , Hugo ^c   de Mattos, Ângela Peixoto ^c   Campos, Gúbio Soares ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c Hosannah de Oliveira Pediatric Hospital   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Children; Genotype; PCR; Rotavirus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HOSPITALIZED CHILD; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTIOUS DIARRHEA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROTAVIRUS; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION;

EID: 34347392739     PISSN: 14138670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1413-86702007000100010     Document Type: Article

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