One year survey of human rotavirus strains suggests the emergence of genotype G12 in Cameroon

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 85, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1485-1490

  Ndze, Valentine N ^a   Papp, Hajnalka ^b   Achidi, Eric A ^c   Gonsu, Kamga H ^a   László, Brigitta ^b   Farkas, Szilvia ^b   Kisfali, Péter ^d   Melegh, Béla ^d   Esona, Mathew D ^e   Bowen, Michael D ^e   Banyai K ^b   Gentsch, Jon R ^e   Odama, Abena M T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BUEA   (Cameroon)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Genotype; RT PCR; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ROTAVIRUS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CHILD; FECES; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN ROTAVIRUS; MIXED INFECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS STRAIN;

CAMEROON; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COINFECTION; FECES; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS;

HUMAN ROTAVIRUS A; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS A;

EID: 84879127597     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.23603     Document Type: Article

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