Co-dominance of G1 and emerging G3 rotaviruses in Hong Kong: A three-year surveillance in three major hospitals

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 325-333

  Mitui, Marcelo Takahiro ^a   Chan, Paul K S ^b   Nelson, E Anthony S ^b   Leung, Ting Fan ^b   Nishizono, Akira ^a   Ahmed, Kamruddin ^c  

^a OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b and Hong Kong Branch of CAS Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics   (Hong Kong)

^c OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hong Kong; Molecular epidemiology; Rotavirus; Viral diarrhea

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN VP7;

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HUMAN ROTAVIRUS; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTAVIRUS INFECTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; VACCINATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; FECES; GENOTYPE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ROTAVIRUS VACCINES; SEASONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952622785     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2011.01.008     Document Type: Article

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