Molecular characterization of enteric viral agents from children in Northern Region of Ghana

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 80, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1790-1798

  Silva, Paula Andreia ^a   Stark, Klaus ^a   Mockenhaupt, Frank P ^b   Reither, Klaus ^b,c   Weitzel, Thomas ^b   Ignatius, Ralf ^b   Saad, Eiman ^b   Seidu Korkor, Andrew ^d   Bienzle, Ulrich ^b   Schreier, Eckart ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Adenovirus; Astrovirus; Enterovirus; Gastroenteritis; Norovirus; Rotavirus

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS; ARTICLE; ASTROVIRUS; CHILD; COXSACKIE VIRUS A; COXSACKIE VIRUS A24; ENTERIC VIRUS; ENTEROVIRUS; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GENE CLUSTER; GENOTYPE; GHANA; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ROTAVIRUS; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TYPING;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ADENOVIRUS INFECTIONS, HUMAN; ASTROVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; DNA, VIRAL; ENTEROVIRUS; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTIONS; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FECES; GASTROENTERITIS; GHANA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAMASTROVIRUS; NOROVIRUS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, VIRAL; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; VARIATION (GENETICS); VIRAL VACCINES; VIRUSES;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ASTROVIRIDAE; COXSACKIEVIRUS; ENTEROVIRUS; NOROVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS;

EID: 50849106432     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.21231     Document Type: Article

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