Occurrence of group B rotavirus infections in the outbreaks of acute gastroenteritis from Western India

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 134, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 399-400

  Chitambar, S D ^a   Lahon, A ^a   Tatte, V S ^a   Maniya, N H ^a   Tambe, G U ^a   Khatri, K I ^b   Desai, H S ^b   Ugare, M R ^c   Kulkarni, S V ^c   Waghmare, A P ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (India)

^b Surat Municipal Corporation   (India)

^c District Health Office   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN NSP2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; EPIDEMIC; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; GROUP B ROTAVIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDIA; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTION;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INDIA; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS;

EID: 80054729080     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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