Isolation of a variant human adenovirus identified based on phylogenetic analysis during an outbreak of acute keratoconjunctivitis in Chennai

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 260-264

  Janani, M K ^a   Malathi, J ^a   Madhavan, H N ^a  

^a Sankara Nethralaya   (India)

Author keywords

Adenovirus; Based DNA sequencing; Conjunctivitis; PCR; Variant adenovirus

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTEROVIRUS; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN ADENOVIRUS; INDIA; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; MALE; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; VIRAL CONJUNCTIVITIS; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS KERATITIS; VIRUS STRAIN;

ADENOVIRUSES, HUMAN; ADULT; AGED; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HEP G2 CELLS; HUMANS; INDIA; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84866771440     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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