Circulation of Aichi virus genotype B strains in children with acute gastroenteritis in India

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 139, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1687-1691

  Verma, H ^a   Chitambar, S D ^a   Gopalkrishna, V ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Acute gastroenteritis; Aichi virus; genotype B; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENTERIC VIRUS; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFECTION RATE; INTESTINE BLOOD FLOW; KOBUVIRUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PREVALENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCREENING TEST; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS STRAIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FECES; GASTROENTERITIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; KOBUVIRUS; PHYLOGENY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 80053570629     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268810002979     Document Type: Article

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