Detection and genomic characterization of Aichi viruses in stool samples from children in Monastir, Tunisia

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2275-2278

  Sdiri Loulizi, Khira ^a,b   Hassine, Mouna ^a   Gharbi Khelifi, Hakima ^a   Sakly, Nabil ^c   Chouchane, Slaheddine ^c   Guediche, Mohamed Neji ^c   Pothier, Pierre ^b   Aouni, Mahjoub ^a   Ambert Balay, Katia ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^b DIJON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c FATTOUMA BOURGUIBA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^d Centre National de Reference des Virus Enteriques   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIARRHEA; FECES ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KOBUVIRUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; TUNISIA; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENOME;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; FECES; GASTROENTERITIS; GENOME, VIRAL; HUMANS; INFANT; KOBUVIRUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PICORNAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TUNISIA;

AICHI VIRUS;

EID: 67650087608     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00913-09     Document Type: Article

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