Molecular characterization of astrovirus in stool samples from children in São Paulo, Brazil

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 102, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 969-974

  Resque, Hugo Reis ^a   Munford, Veridiana ^a   Castilho, Juliana Galera ^b   Schmich, Herika ^c   Caruzo, Thabata Alessandra Ramos ^d   Rácz, Maria Lucia ^a  

^a Departamento de Microbiologia   (Brazil)

^b Instituto Pasteur de Sao Paulo   (Brazil)

^c FACULDADE DE MEDICINA DO ABC   (Brazil)

^d Becton Dickinson Indústrias Cirúrgicas Ltda   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Astrovirus; Brazil; Gastroenteritis; Molecular characterization; Nucleotide sequencing; RT PCR; S o Paulo

Indexed keywords

ASTROVIRIDAE; HUMAN ASTROVIRUS 1; HUMAN ASTROVIRUS 3; HUMAN ASTROVIRUS 8;

EID: 38149064299     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762007000800012     Document Type: Article

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