WU polyomavirus in fecal specimens of children with acute gastroenteritis, China

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 134-135

  Ren, Lili ^a,b   Gonzalez, Richard ^b,c   Xu, Xiwei ^d   Li, Jianguo ^b   Zhang, Jing ^b   Vernet, Guy ^c   Paranhos Baccalà, Gláucia ^c   Jin, Qi ^a,b   Wang, Jianwei ^a,b,e  

^a State Key Laboratory for Molecular Virology and Genetic Engineering   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PATHOGEN BIOLOGY   (China)

^c Fondation Merieux   (France)

^d CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e NONE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEIC ACID; VIRUS DNA;

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHINA; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFANT; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; POLYOMA VIRUS; ROTAVIRUS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS; WU POLYOMAVIRUS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; FECES; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INFANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYOMAVIRUS; POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 58849143073     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1501.080693     Document Type: Letter

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