Genetic analysis of hepatitis A virus variants circulating among children presenting with acute diarrhea in Cameroon

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 728-732

  Forbi, Joseph C ^a   Agwale, Simon M ^a   Ndip, Lucy M ^b   Esona, Mathew D ^a  

^a Clinical Virology Laboratory   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BUEA   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Cameroon; HAV genotype; VP1 P2A junction

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOTIDE;

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; CAMEROON; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; FECES; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS, HUMAN; HUMANS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS; VIRAL STRUCTURAL PROTEINS;

HEPATITIS A VIRUS; SOLANUM AETHIOPICUM;

EID: 84858600480     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.23266     Document Type: Article

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