Genetic characterization of rotavirus subtypes in Pakistan-first report of G12 genotype from Pakistan under WHO-Eastern Mediterranean region

Virus Research

Volumn 144, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 280-284

  Alam, Muhammad Masroor ^a   Malik, Salman Akbar ^b   Shaukat, Shahzad ^a   Naeem, Asif ^a   Sharif, Salmaan ^a   Angez, Mehar ^a   Rana, Muhammad Suleman ^a   Khurshid, Adnan ^a   Zaidi, Sohail Zahoor ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Pakistan)

^b QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Diarrhea; G12 genotype; G2 genotype; Pakistan; Rotavirus

Indexed keywords

ROTAVIRUS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; ASIA; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; EUROPE; GASTROENTERITIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAKISTAN; PHILIPPINES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTAVIRUS; SEROTYPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; UNITED STATES; VIRUS STRAIN;

ANTIGENS, VIRAL; CAPSID PROTEINS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PAKISTAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREVALENCE; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ROTAVIRUS;

EID: 69349104481     PISSN: 01681702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2009.03.015     Document Type: Article

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