A hospital based study on inter- and intragenotypic diversity of human rotavirus A VP4 and VP7 gene segments, Germany

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 136-141

  Pietsch, C ^a   Schuster, V ^b   Liebert, U G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diversity; Epidemiology; Gastroenteritis; Genotypes; Rotavirus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; DIARRHEA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN ROTAVIRUS; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYLOGENY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SCREENING TEST; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS STRAIN; VP4 GENE; VP7 GENE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; BASE SEQUENCE; CAPSID PROTEINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; FECES; GASTROENTERITIS; GENES, VIF; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROTYPING;

EID: 78951482216     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2010.10.013     Document Type: Article

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