Astrovirus associated acute gastroenteritis in western India: Predominance of dual serotype strains

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 575-579

  Verma, Harsha ^a   Chitambar, Shobha D ^a   Gopalkrishna, V ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Acute gastroenteritis; Astrovirus; Molecular epidemiology

Indexed keywords

CAPSID PROTEIN; SERINE PROTEINASE;

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTROVIRUS; ASTROVIRUS INFECTION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SEQUENCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROTYPE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VIRUS RECOMBINANT; VIRUS STRAIN; WINTER;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ASTROVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MAMASTROVIRUS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONS; SEROTYPING;

ASTROVIRIDAE; HUMAN ASTROVIRUS 1; HUMAN ASTROVIRUS 4; HUMAN ASTROVIRUS 5; HUMAN ASTROVIRUS 7; HUMAN ASTROVIRUS 8; MIRIDAE;

EID: 77951974525     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2010.01.008     Document Type: Article

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