Use of sequence analysis of the VP4 gene to classify recent Vietnamese rotavirus isolates

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 235-241

  Nguyen, T A ^a,b   Hoang, L P ^b   Pham, L D ^b   Hoang, K T ^b   Okitsu, S ^a   Mizuguchi, M ^a   Ushijima, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL 1   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Diarrhoeal disease; Epidemiology; Phylogenetic analysis; Rotavirus; Sequence analysis; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN VP4; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROTAVIRUS; SCORING SYSTEM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SWINE; VIET NAM; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

ROTAVIRUS; SUS;

EID: 38849124193     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2007.01918.x     Document Type: Article

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