A novel astrovirus from dromedaries in the middle east

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 96, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 2697-2707

  Woo, Patrick C Y ^a,b   Lau, Susanna K P ^a,b   Teng, Jade L L ^b   Tsang, Alan K L ^b   Joseph, Sunitha ^c   Xie, Jun ^b   Jose, Shanty ^c   Fan, Rachel Y Y ^b   Wernery, Ulrich ^c   Yuen, Kwok Yung ^a,b  

^a THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c CENTRAL VETERINARY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CAPSID PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROVIRIDAE; CAMEL; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROMEDARY; DUBAI; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC DISTANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAMASTROVIRUS; MIDDLE EAST; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PIG; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENOME; ANIMAL; ASTROVIRUS INFECTION; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OPEN READING FRAME; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; ASTROVIRIDAE; ASTROVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CAMELS; CAPSID PROTEINS; MIDDLE EAST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84941569251     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: 14652099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jgv.0.000233     Document Type: Article

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