Molecular epidemiology of Echovirus 6 in Greece

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 683-687

  Papa, A ^a   Skoura, L ^a   Dumaidi, K ^a   Spiliopoulou, A ^b   Antoniadis, A ^a   Frantzidou, F ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b Karamandanio Pediatric Hospital of Patras   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN VP1;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLADISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHO VIRUS; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTION; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GREECE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NEWBORN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEROTYPE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECHOVIRUS 6, HUMAN; ECHOVIRUS INFECTIONS; ENCEPHALITIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GREECE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MENINGITIS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349229881     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-008-0685-1     Document Type: Article

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