Rotavirus genetic diversity, disease association, and temporal change in hospitalized rural kenyan children

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 202, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  Nokes, D James ^a,b   Peenze, Ina ^e   Netshifhefhe, Lufuno ^e   Abwao, John ^a   De Beer, Mariet C ^e   Seheri, Mapaseka ^e   Williams, Thomas N ^a,c,d,h   Page, Nicola ^e,f   Steele, Duncan ^e,g  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

^g PATH   (United States)

^h Studies of the Epidemiology of Epilepsy in Demographic Surveillance Systems   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFANT; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTAVIRUS; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; FECES; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INPATIENTS; KENYA; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77955666132     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/653566     Document Type: Article

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