Rotavirus surveillance in Kisangani, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, reveals a high number of unusual genotypes and gene segments of animal origin in non-vaccinated symptomatic children

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Heylen, Elisabeth ^a   Likele, Bibi Batoko ^b   Zeller, Mark ^a   Stevens, Stijn ^a   De Coster, Sarah ^a   Conceição Neto, Nádia ^a   Van Geet, Christel ^c   Jacobs, Jan ^d   Ngbonda, Dauly ^b   Van Ranst, Marc ^a   Matthijnssens, Jelle ^a  

^a REGA INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Belgium)

^b Department of Pediatrics University Hospital Kisangani   (Congo)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 1; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 2; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 3; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 4; PROTEIN VP1; PROTEIN VP2; PROTEIN VP3; PROTEIN VP6; PROTEIN VP7; VIRUS RNA; VIRUS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONGO; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FECES ANALYSIS; GENETIC REASSORTMENT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NSP4 GENE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTION; SWINE; VIRAL GASTROENTERITIS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; HISTORY; HOSPITALIZATION; IMMUNOLOGY; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEWBORN; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SEASON; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; GENES, VIRAL; GENOME, VIRAL; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RNA, VIRAL; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SEASONS; VIRAL VACCINES;

EID: 84903386046     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0100953     Document Type: Article

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