Human parvovirus 4 in nasal and fecal specimens from children, Ghana

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1650-1653

  Drexler, Jan Felix ^a   Reber, Ulrike ^a   Muth, Doreen ^a   Herzog, Petra ^b   Annan, Augustina ^a,c   Ebach, Fabian ^a   Sarpong, Nimarko ^c   Acquah, Samuel ^c   Adlkofer, Julia ^b   Adu Sarkodie, Yaw ^d   Panning, Marcus ^e   Tannich, Egbert ^b   May, Jürgen ^b   Drosten, Christian ^a   Eis Hübinger, Anna Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^c KUMASI CENTRE FOR COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH IN TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Ghana)

^d KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN PARVOVIRUS 4; INFANT; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NOSE SMEAR; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PARVOVIRUS; PARVOVIRUS INFECTION; PHYLOGENY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; FECES; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NASAL CAVITY; PARVOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PARVOVIRUS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84866551501     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1810.111373     Document Type: Article

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