Rotavirus genotypes in costa rica, nicaragua, honduras and the Dominican Republic

Intervirology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 49-52

  Bourdett Stanziola, Lurys ^a,b,c   Ortega Barria, Eduardo ^a   Espinoza, Felix ^c   Bucardo, Filemon ^c   Jimenez, Carlos ^b   Ferrera, Annabelle ^d  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS Y SERVICIOS DE ALTA TECNOLOGÍA   (Panama)

^b Programa de Investigación en Enfermedades Tropicales   (Costa Rica)

^c Universidad de León   (Nicaragua)

^d NATIONAL AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITY OF HONDURAS   (Honduras)

Author keywords

Diarrhea; Genotype; Rotavirus; VP4; VP7

Indexed keywords

ROTAVIRUS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; COSTA RICA; DIARRHEA; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; FECES ANALYSIS; GASTROENTERITIS; GENOTYPE; HONDURAS; HUMAN; NICARAGUA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTAVIRUS; VIRUS STRAIN;

ROTAVIRUS;

EID: 77955112018     PISSN: 03005526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000318863     Document Type: Article

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