Determination of human rotavirus VP4 using serotype-specific cDNA probes.

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Determination of human rotavirus VP4 using serotype-specific cDNA probes.

Archives of virology - 1 Jan 1993

Rasool N B, Larralde G, Gorziglia M I

Abstract excerpt

The VP4 genetic groups of 151 field strains of human rotaviruses obtained from infants and young children with diarrhea from four locations in Malaysia were analyzed. The strains were adapted to growth in tissue culture and studied further by molecular hybridization of northern blotted RNA to PCR...

Topics

Alleles
Blotting, Northern
Child, Preschool
DNA Probes
Diarrhea
Electrophoresis, Agar Gel
Genes, Viral
Humans
Infant
Malaysia
Polymerase Chain Reaction
RNA, Viral
Rotavirus
Rotavirus Infections
Sensitivity and Specificity
Serotyping

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