Predominance of rotavirus G1[P8] genotype among under-five children with gastroenteritis in Mwanza, Tanzania

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 393-396

  Hokororo, Adolfine ^a   Kidenya, Benson R ^b   Seni, Jeremiah ^b   Mapaseka, Seheri ^c   Mphahlele, Jeffrey ^c   Mshana, Stephen E ^b  

^a Bugando Medical Centre   (Tanzania)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Genotypes; Rotavirus; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ROTAVIRUS VACCINE; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; GENOTYPE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS G1; ROTAVIRUS G1P6; ROTAVIRUS G1P8; ROTAVIRUS G8; ROTAVIRUS INFECTION; ROTAVIRUS P4; TANZANIA; CLASSIFICATION; FECES; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; VIROLOGY;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RNA, VIRAL; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; TANZANIA;

EID: 84924038744     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmu028     Document Type: Article

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