Complete genome sequences of two astrovirus MLB1 strains from Bhutanese children with diarrhea

Genome Announcements

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Matsumoto, Takashi ^a   Wangchuk, Sonam ^b   Tshering, Kinlay ^c   Yahiro, Takaaki ^a   Zangmo, Sangay ^b   Dorji, Tshering ^b   Tshering, Karchung ^b   Mitui, Marcelo Takahiro ^a   Nishizono, Akira ^a   Ahmed, Kamruddin ^a,d  

^a OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Ministry of Health   (Bhutan)

^c Jigme Dorji Wangchuk National Referral Hospital   (Bhutan)

^d OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 84997605223     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/genomeA.00485-13     Document Type: Article

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