Molecular characterization of adenovirus circulating in Central and South America during the 2006-2008 period

Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 327-330

  García, Josefina ^a   Sovero, Merly ^a   Laguna Torres, Victor Alberto ^a   Gomez, Jorge ^b   Chicaiza, Wilson ^c   Barrantes, Melvin ^d   Sanchez, Felix ^e   Jimenez, Mirna ^f   Comach, Guillermo ^g   de Rivera, Ivette L ^h   Agudo, Roberto ⁱ   Arango, Ana E ^j   Barboza, Alma ^k   Aguayo, Nicolas ^k   Kochel, Tadeusz J ^a  

^a California   (Peru)

^b Perú   (Peru)

^c HOSPITAL VOZANDES   (Ecuador)

^d Hospital Solano   (Argentina)

^e Hospital Infantil Manuel de Jesus Rivera   (Nicaragua)

^f Hospital Nacional de Metapan   (El Salvador)

^g LARDIDEV Biomed UC   (Venezuela)

^h NATIONAL AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITY OF HONDURAS   (Honduras)

ⁱ Ministerio de Salud Y Prevision Social   (Bolivia)

^j UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

^k ONG Rayos de Sol   (Paraguay)

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Author keywords

Adenovirus; Latin America; Viruses

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN ADENOVIRUS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; SOUTH AMERICA; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

EID: 70449379243     PISSN: 17502640     EISSN: 17502659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-2659.2009.00107.x     Document Type: Article

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