Identification and characterization of two strains of human parechovirus 4 isolated from two clinical cases in Fukuoka City, Japan

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 3144-3146

  Wakatsuki, Kiyoko ^a   Kawamoto, Daisuke ^a   Hiwaki, Hiroshi ^a   Watanabe, Kanako ^b   Yoshida, Hiromu ^c  

^a Fukuoka City Institute for Hygiene and Environment   (Japan)

^b Niigata Prefectural Institute of Public Health And Environmental Sciences   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARECHOVIRUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN; VP0 GENE;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENES, VIRAL; HUMANS; INFANT; JAPAN; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PARECHOVIRUS; PHYLOGENY; PICORNAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

HUMAN PARECHOVIRUS;

EID: 53649104622     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00791-08     Document Type: Article

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