Rotavirus infections with multiple emerging genotypes in Sri Lanka

Archives of Virology

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 71-75

  Ahmed, Kamruddin ^a   Batuwanthudawe, Ranjith ^b   Chandrasena, T G A Nilmini ^c   Mitui, Marcelo Takahiro ^d   Rajindrajith, Shaman ^c   Galagoda, Geethani ^e   Pun, Sher Bahadur ^f   Uchida, Ryuichi ^f   Kunii, Osamu ^g   Moji, Kazuhiko ^g   Abeysinghe, Nihal ^b   Nishizono, Akira ^d   Nakagomi, Osamu ^f  

^a OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Sri Lanka)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KELANIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^d OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Medical Research Institute Colombo   (Sri Lanka)

^f NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^g NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTION; SRI LANKA; VIROLOGY;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SRI LANKA; VIRAL PROTEINS;

ROTAVIRUS;

EID: 74849100887     PISSN: 03048608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00705-009-0552-0     Document Type: Article

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