Genomic diversity of group A rotavirus strains in patients aged 1-36 months admitted for acute watery diarrhoea in northern India: A hospital-based study

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 45-50

  Mishra, V ^a   Awasthi, S ^a   Nag, V L ^b   Tandon, R ^a  

^a KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Acute diarrhoea; Dehydration; Epidemiology; Genotyping; Rotavirus

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; DEHYDRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; GENETIC REASSORTMENT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INDIA; LENGTH OF STAY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTAVIRUS; SEASONAL VARIATION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS STRAIN;

ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS A;

EID: 71849090365     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2009.02772.x     Document Type: Article

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