Characterization of rotavirus strains detected among children and adults with acute gastroenteritis in Gizan, Saudi Arabia

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 90-93

  Kheyami, Ali M ^a,b   Areeshi, Mohammed Y ^c   Dove, Winifred ^a   Nakagomi, Osamu ^d   Cunliffe, Nigel A ^a   Hart, C Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING FAHAD HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^c Department of Laboratory Sciences   (Saudi Arabia)

^d NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN VP4; PROTEIN VP7; ROTAVIRUS VACCINE; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHYDRATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROTAVIRUS; SAUDI ARABIA; SEROTYPE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; GENOTYPE; HEALTH SURVEY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; URBAN POPULATION; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SAUDI ARABIA; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 40949107810     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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