Faecal bifidobacteria in Indian neonates & the effect of asymptomatic rotavirus infection during the first month of life

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 132, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 721-727

  Balamurugan, Ramadass ^a   Magne, Fabien ^b   Balakrishnan, Divya ^a   Suau, Antonia ^b   Ramani, Sasirekha ^a   Kang, Gagandeep ^a   Ramakrishna, Balakrishnan S ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b Laboratoire de Biologie   (France)

Author keywords

Bifidobacterium; Colonization; Gut; Neonates; Rotavirus

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S; PRIMER DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BIFIDOBACTERIACEAE; BIFIDOBACTERIALES INFECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES MICROFLORA; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; INDIAN; MALE; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; ROTAVIRUS INFECTION; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DNA SEQUENCE; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENETICS; INDIA; MICROBIOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 78751493280     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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