Novel nonstructural protein 4 genetic group in rotavirus of porcine origin

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 686-688

  Khamrin, Pattara ^a   Okitsu, Shoko ^b   Ushijima, Hiroshi ^a,b   Maneekarn, Niwat ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b AINO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN VP4; PROTEIN VP7; ROTAVIRUS NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 4;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIARRHEA; FECES ANALYSIS; GENBANK; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HEALTH SURVEY; LETTER; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PIGLET; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROTAVIRUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRUS CLASSIFICATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 42049105156     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1404.07111     Document Type: Letter

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