Molecular characterization of group A rotaviruses detected in children with gastroenteritis in Ireland in 2006-2009

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 247-259

  Cashman, O ^a   Collins, P J ^a   Lennon, G ^a   Cryan, B ^b   Martella, V ^c   Fanning, S ^d   Staines, A ^e   O'Shea, H ^a  

^a Department of Chemistry   (Ireland)

^b Department of Medicine National University of Ireland Cork   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^e DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Ireland; lineages; rotavirus

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN E1; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 4; PROTEIN VP4; PROTEIN VP6; PROTEIN VP7;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN ROTAVIRUS; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; VIRAL GASTROENTERITIS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS STRAIN;

ANTIGENS, VIRAL; CAPSID PROTEINS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FECES; GASTROENTERITIS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IRELAND; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84455208756     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268811000306     Document Type: Article

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