Characterization of culture-positive adenovirus serotypes from respiratory specimens in Toronto, Ontario, Canada: September 2007-June 2008

Virology Journal

Volumn 6, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Yeung, Rani ^a   Eshaghi, Alireza ^a   Lombos, Ernesto ^a   Blair, Joanne ^a   Mazzulli, Tony ^a,b,c   Burton, Laura ^a   Drews, Steven J ^a,b,c  

^a ONTARIO MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND LONG TERM CARE   (Canada)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEIC ACID; CAPSID PROTEIN; HEXON CAPSID PROTEIN, ADENOVIRUS; VIRUS DNA;

ADENOVIRUS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANADA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEROTYPE; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS STRAIN; ADENOVIRUS INFECTION; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HUMAN; HUMAN ADENOVIRUS; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEROTYPING; VIROLOGY;

ADENOVIRIDAE;

ADENOVIRUS INFECTIONS, HUMAN; ADENOVIRUSES, HUMAN; CAPSID PROTEINS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, VIRAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ONTARIO; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROTYPING; VIRUS CULTIVATION;

EID: 62549126911     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1743422X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-422X-6-11     Document Type: Article

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