Molecular surveillance of rotavirus infection in the Democratic Republic of the Congo August 2009 to June 2012

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 355-359

  Pukuta, Elizabeth S ^a   Esona, Mathew D ^b   Nkongolo, Adolphe ^c   Seheri, Mapaseka ^d   Makasi, Mingiele ^e   Nyembwe, Michel ^f   Mondonge, Vital ^c   Dahl, Benjamin A ^f   Mphahlele, M Jeffrey ^d   Cavallaro, Kathleen ^f   Gentsch, Jon ^b   Bowen, Michael D ^b   Waku Kouomou, Diane ^b   Muyembe, Jean Jacques ^b  

^a Institut National de Recherche Bio Medicale   (Congo)

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

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d SEFAKO MAKGATHO HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^e Centre Hospitalier Pédiatrique de Kalembelembe   (Congo)

^f CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Democratic Republic of the Congo; Pediatric; Rotavirus; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES MICROFLORA; GASTROENTERITIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIXED INFECTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; VIRUS STRAIN; FECES; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SEASON; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; VIROLOGY;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; DIARRHEA; FECES; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SEASONS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 84897867245     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0000000000000212     Document Type: Article

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