Genetic diversity of human adenovirus in hospitalized children with severe acute lower respiratory infections in Paraguay

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 367-369

  Espínola, Emilio E ^a   Russomando, Graciela ^a   Basualdo, Wilma ^b   Benítez, Daniel A ^a   Meza, Graciela ^a   Maldonado, Laura ^b   Paranhos Baccalà, Gláucia ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ASUNCIÓN   (Paraguay)

^b Laboratorio Central de Salud Pública   (Paraguay)

^c Emerging Pathogens Laboratory   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CODON; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LETTER; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; NASOPHARYNGEAL ASPIRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARAGUAY; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADENOVIRUS INFECTIONS, HUMAN; ADENOVIRUSES, HUMAN; CAPSID PROTEINS; CHILD, HOSPITALIZED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PARAGUAY; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84858156147     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: 18735967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2011.12.030     Document Type: Letter

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