Electrophoretic RNA genomic profiles of rotavirus strains prevailing among hospitalized children with acute gastroenteritis in Tehran, Iran

Archives of Iranian Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 526-531

  Modarres, Shahrzad ^a   Rahbarimanesh, Ali Akbar ^b   Karimi, Mohsen ^a   Modarres, Shahab ^a   Motamedi Rad, Mahdieh ^a   Sohrabi, Amir ^a   Nasiri Oskoii, Navideh ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cell culture; Enzyme immunoassay; Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis; Rotavirus

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COLD CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN ROTAVIRUS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VIRUS STRAIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FECES; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INFANT; IRAN; RNA, VIRAL; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SEASONS;

EID: 63449124486     PISSN: 10292977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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