Genetic characterization of G3 rotaviruses detected in Italian children in the years 1993-2005

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 81, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2089-2095

  De Grazia, Simona ^a   Martella, Vito ^b   Colomba, Claudia ^a   Cascio, Antonio ^c   Arista, Serenella ^a   Giammanco, Giovanni M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gastroenteritis; Italy; NSP4; Rotavirus G3P 8 ; Sequence analysis

Indexed keywords

ROTAVIRUS NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 4;

ARTICLE; CHILD; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; ROTAVIRUS; VIRUS STRAIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; CAPSID PROTEINS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FECES; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ITALY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, VIRAL; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; TOXINS, BIOLOGICAL; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS;

ROTAVIRUS;

EID: 70350602669     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.21615     Document Type: Article

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