Full genome characterization of human Rotavirus A strains isolated in Cameroon, 2010-2011: Diverse combinations of the G and P genes and lack of reassortment of the backbone genes

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 28, Issue , 2014, Pages 537-560

  Ndze, Valentine Ngum ^a   Esona, Mathew Dioh ^b   Achidi, Eric Akum ^c   Gonsu, Kamga Hortense ^a   Dóró, Renáta ^d   Marton, Szilvia ^d   Farkas, Szilvia ^d   Ngeng, Marxcel Bong ^e   Ngu, Akum Felix ^f   Obama Abena, Marie Therese ^a   Bányai, Krisztián ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF BUEA   (Cameroon)

^d INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^e Medical Diagnostic Laboratory Regional Hospital Maroua   (Cameroon)

^f Regional Hospital Laboratory Bamenda   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Ion Torrent PGM; Phylogeny; Rotavirus A genomics

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC RNA; ROTAVIRUS VACCINE; VIRUS ANTIGEN; VIRUS PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CONTROLLED STUDY; G GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC REASSORTMENT; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; P GENE; PHYLOGENY; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS A; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; VIROLOGY;

HUMAN ROTAVIRUS A; ROTAVIRUS A;

CAMEROON; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, VIRAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; REASSORTANT VIRUSES; RNA, VIRAL; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 84912103419     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: 15677257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2014.10.009     Document Type: Article

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