Characterization of human rotavirus strains from children with diarrhea in nairobi and kisumu, kenya, between 2000 and 2002

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 202, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  Nyangao, James ^a   Page, Nicola ^b,c   Esona, Mathew ^c,d   Peenze, Ina ^c   Gatheru, Zipporah ^a   Tukei, Peter ^a   Steele, A Duncan ^c,e  

^a Virus Research Centre   (Kenya)

^b National Institute for Communicable Diseases   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO   (South Africa)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^e PATH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN VP6; PROTEIN VP7;

ARTICLE; CHILD; DIARRHEA; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROTAVIRUS; TIME; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS STRAIN;

ANTIGENS, VIRAL; CAPSID PROTEINS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KENYA; RNA, VIRAL; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 77955685127     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/653564     Document Type: Article

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