Recently identified novel human astroviruses in children with diarrhea, China

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1333-1335

  Wang, Yongxia ^a   Li, Yuning ^a   Jin, Yu ^b   Li, Dan Di ^c   Li, Xiaole ^b   Duan, Zhao Jun ^c  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MEDICAL SCHOOL OF NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Department of Viral Diarrhea Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention ^*  (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTROVIRUS INFECTION; CHILD; CHINA; DIARRHEA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; GASTROENTERITIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PREVALENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIRUS DETECTION;

ASTROVIRUS; CHILDREN; CHINA; DIARRHEA; ENTERIC INFECTIONS; VIRUSES;

ASTROVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHINA; DIARRHEA; FECES; HUMANS; MAMASTROVIRUS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84880724648     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1908.121863     Document Type: Letter

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