Novel human parvovirus 4 genotype 3 in infants, Ghana

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1143-1146

  Panning, Marcus ^a   Kobbe, Robin ^b   Vollbach, Silke ^a   Drexler, Jan Felix ^a   Adjei, Samuel ^c   Adjei, Ohene ^d   Drosten, Christian ^a   May, Jürgen ^b   Eis Hübinger, Anna Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Ghana)

^d KUMASI CENTRE FOR COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH IN TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GHANA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN PARVOVIRUS 4; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEW SPECIES; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARVOVIRUS; PARVOVIRUS INFECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; VIREMIA; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; PARVOVIRIDAE;

FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GHANA; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PARVOVIRUS; VIREMIA;

EID: 77954440517     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1607.100025     Document Type: Article

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