A first report on the characterization of rotavirus strains in Sierra Leone

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 540-550

  Jere, K C ^a   Sawyerr, T ^b   Seheri, L M ^a   Peenze, I ^a   Page, N A ^a,c   Geyer, A ^a   Steele, A D ^a,d  

^a SEFAKO MAKGATHO HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b Ministry of Heath and Sanitation   (Sierra Leone)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

^d PATH   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Genotypes; Rotavirus; Rotavirus vaccine; Sierra Leone

Indexed keywords

ROTAVIRUS VACCINE; VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DIARRHEA; FECES ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTION; SIERRA LEONE; VACCINE PRODUCTION; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS STRAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; CAPSID PROTEINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FECES; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOLECULAR TYPING; PHYLOGENY; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SIERRA LEONE;

HUMAN ROTAVIRUS A; ROTAVIRUS;

EID: 78851472437     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.21999     Document Type: Article

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