Molecular characterization of the NSP4 gene of human group A rotavirus strains circulating in Tunisia from 2006 to 2008

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 997-1004

  Ben Hadj Fredj, Mouna ^a,b   Zeller, Mark ^c   Fodha, Imene ^a,b   Heylen, Elisabeth ^c   Chouikha, Anissa ^a   Van Ranst, Marc ^c   Matthijnssens, Jelle ^c   Trabelsi, Abdelhalim ^a,b  

^a SAHLOUL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^c REGA INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Genotype; Group A rotavirus; Molecular epidemiology; NSP4; Phylogeny; VP7 VP4

Indexed keywords

NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 4; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN ROTAVIRUS; HUMAN ROTAVIRUS A; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; NSP4 GENE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROTAVIRUS INFECTION; TUNISIA; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS STRAIN;

ANTIGENS, VIRAL; CAPSID PROTEINS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FECES; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUES; GLYCOPROTEINS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; TOXINS, BIOLOGICAL; TUNISIA; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; HUMAN ROTAVIRUS A; ROTAVIRUS A;

EID: 84860378857     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: 15677257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2012.02.011     Document Type: Article

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