Predominance and circulation of enteric viruses in the region of greater Cairo, Egypt

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1037-1045

  Kamel, Aziza H ^a,b   Ali, Mohamed A ^b   El Nady, Hala G ^b   De Rougemont, Alexis ^a   Pothier, Pierre ^a,c   Belliot, Gael ^a,c  

^a Public Hospital of Dijon   (France)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^c DIJON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA; CAPSID PROTEIN;

ADENOVIRUS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASTROVIRUS; EGYPT; ENTERIC VIRUS; FECES ANALYSIS; GASTROENTERITIS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROTAVIRUS; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TYPING; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTERITIS; FECES; GENETICS; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; URBAN POPULATION; VIROLOGY; VIRUS;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ASTROVIRIDAE; MIRIDAE; NOROVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ADOLESCENT; CAPSID PROTEINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; EGYPT; ENTERITIS; FECES; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAMASTROVIRUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NOROVIRUS; PHYLOGENY; ROTAVIRUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; URBAN POPULATION; VIRUS DISEASES; VIRUSES;

EID: 65249150135     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01381-08     Document Type: Article

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