Molecular epidemiology of rotavirus and norovirus in Ile-Ife, Nigeria: High prevalence of G12P[8] rotavirus strains and detection of a rare norovirus genotype

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 84, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1489-1496

  Japhet, Margaret Oluwatoyin ^a   Adesina, Olufisayo Adeyemi ^a   Famurewa, Oladiran ^b   Svensson, Lennart ^c   Nordgren, Johan ^c  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b EKITI STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Community; G12; Nigeria; Norovirus; Rotavirus

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN VP7;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; GENETIC SIMILARITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NEWBORN; NIGERIA; NOROVIRUS INFECTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROTAVIRUS INFECTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; GENES, VIRAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; NIGERIA; NOROVIRUS; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

NOROVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS;

EID: 84864125891     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.23343     Document Type: Article

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