Characterization of rotavirus causing acute diarrhoea in children in Kathmandu, Nepal, showing the dominance of serotype G12

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue PART1, 2013, Pages 114-120

  Ansari, Shamshul ^a   Sherchand, Jeevan Bahadur ^a   Rijal, Basista Prasad ^a   Parajuli, Keshab ^a   Mishra, Shyam Kumar ^a   Dahal, Rajan Kumar ^a   Shrestha, Shovita ^a   Tandukar, Sarmila ^a   Chaudhary, Raina ^b   Kattel, Hari Prasad ^a   Basnet, Amul ^a   Pokhrel, Bharat Mani ^a  

^a TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nepal)

^b Nepalese Army Institute of Health Sciences   (Nepal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPAL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROTAVIRUS; SEROTYPE; SEROTYPE G12; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEPAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SEROTYPING;

EID: 84871145437     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.048124-0     Document Type: Article

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