Acute respiratory infections due to enterovirus 68 in Yamagata, Japan between 2005 and 2010

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 139-143

  Ikeda, Tatsuya ^a   Mizuta, Katsumi ^a   Abiko, Chieko ^a   Aoki, Yoko ^a   Itagaki, Tsutomu ^b   Katsushima, Fumio ^b   Katsushima, Yuriko ^b   Matsuzaki, Yoko ^b   Fuji, Naoko ^c   Imamura, Tadatsugu ^c   Oshitani, Hitoshi ^c   Noda, Masahiro ^d   Kimura, Hirokazu ^d   Ahiko, Tadayuki ^a  

^a YAMAGATA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^b YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute respiratory infection; Enterovirus 68; Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction; Virus isolation

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROVIRUS; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; INFANT; JAPAN; MALE; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NOTE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS NEUTRALIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENTEROVIRUS D, HUMAN; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; JAPAN; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

ENTEROVIRUS; HUMAN ENTEROVIRUS 68;

EID: 84858202985     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: 13480421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2012.00411.x     Document Type: Note

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