Article
Characterization of rotavirus strains from newborns in New Delhi, India.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Jul 1994
Das B K, Gentsch J R, Cicirello H G, Woods P A, Gupta A, Ramachandran M, Kumar R, Bhan M K, Glass R I
Abstract excerpt
Between 1986 and 1993, 72% of rotavirus strains isolated from newborns at five hospitals in New Delhi, India, had long electropherotypes, subgroup II VP6 antigens, and G and P genotypes (G9P11) identical to those of prototype strain 116E. A novel strain with a G9P6 genotype, representing 13% of t...
Topics
- Base Sequence
- Genotype
- Humans
- India
- Infant, Newborn
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Nurseries, Hospital
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Rotavirus
- Rotavirus Infections