Diversity of group A rotavirus strains circulating in Paraguay from 2002 to 2005: Detection of an atypical G1 in South America

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 135-141

  Parra, Gabriel I ^a,b   Espínola, Emilio E ^a   Amarilla, Alberto A ^a   Stupka, Juan ^c   Martinez, Magaly ^a   Zunini, Marta ^d   Galeano, Maria E ^a   Gomes, Karina ^c   Russomando, Graciela ^a   Arbiza, Juan ^b  

^a Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Salud Universidad Nacional de Asuncion   (Paraguay)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ENFERMEDADES INFECCIOSAS   (Argentina)

^d Hospital Regional de Ciudad del Este Alto   (Paraguay)

Author keywords

Genetic diversity; Group A rotavirus; Phylogenetic analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARAGUAY; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTAVIRUS; SOUTH AMERICA; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VIRAL GENETICS; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS STRAIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; CAPSID PROTEINS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FECES; HUMANS; INFANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PARAGUAY; PHYLOGENY; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 34548674905     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2007.07.006     Document Type: Article

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