The circulation of human astrovirus genotypes in the Central West Region of Brazil

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 655-658

  Silva, Paula Andreia ^a   Santos, Rodrigo Alessandro Tôgo ^a   Costa, Paulo Sérgio Sucasas ^b   Teixeira, José Marcus Sócrates ^c   Giugliano, Loreny Gimenes ^d   Andreasi, Márcia Sueli Assis ^e   Leite, José Paulo Gagliardi ^f   Schreier, Ecakart ^g   Cardoso, Divina das Dôres de Paula ^a  

^a Inst de Patol Trop e Saude Pub   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^c Instituto de Saude de Sao Paulo   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO DO SUL   (Brazil)

^f INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^g ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Astrovirus; Brazil; Genotyping; Nested PCR; Sequencing

Indexed keywords

ASTROVIRIDAE; HUMAN ASTROVIRUS; HUMAN ASTROVIRUS 1; HUMAN ASTROVIRUS 3; HUMAN ASTROVIRUS 4;

EID: 70149101557     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762009000400021     Document Type: Article

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