Genetic diversity of the VP4 and VP7 genes affects the genotyping of rotaviruses: Analysis of Paraguayan strains

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 94-99

  Espínola, Emilio E ^a   Parra, Gabriel I ^a,b   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)

Author keywords

Genetic diversity; Genotyping; Rotavirus

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN VP4; PROTEIN VP7; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PARAGUAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTAVIRUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TYPING;

ANTIGENS, VIRAL; BASE SEQUENCE; CAPSID PROTEINS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; PARAGUAY; PHYLOGENY; RNA, VIRAL; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ROTAVIRUS;

EID: 36749075566     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2007.08.003     Document Type: Article

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