Continued circulation of G12P[6] rotaviruses over 28 months in Nepal: Successive replacement of predominant strains

Tropical Medicine and Health

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 7-12

  Gauchan, Punita ^a   Nakagomi, Toyoko ^a   Sherchand, Jeevan B ^b   Yokoo, Michiyo ^a,e   Pandey, Basu Dev ^c   Cunliffe, Nigel A ^d   Nakagomi, Osamu ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^c Skura Raj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital   (Nepal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^e NISHIKYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electropherotype; Genotype; Molecular epidemiology; Rotavirus; Strain

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NEPAL; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PREVALENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS STRAIN;

EID: 84875165637     PISSN: 13488945     EISSN: 13494147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2149/tmh.2012-28     Document Type: Article

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