Changing epidemiology of rotavirus G-types circulating in Hong Kong, China

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 170-173

  Lo, Janice Yee Chi ^a,c   Szeto, Kai Cheung ^a   Tsang, Dominic Ngai Chong ^b   Leung, Kwok Hung ^b   Lim, Wilina Wei Ling ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Hong Kong)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^c Public Health Laboratory Center   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Diarrhoea; G9; RT PCR; Serotypes; Trend; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; DEMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFANT; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS G; ROTAVIRUS G1; ROTAVIRUS G2; ROTAVIRUS G3; ROTAVIRUS G4; ROTAVIRUS G9; VACCINATION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TYPING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FECES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS;

ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS A;

EID: 9644281603     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.20252     Document Type: Article

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