Detection of G12 Human Rotaviruses in Nepal

Pun, Sher Bahadur; Nakagomi, Toyoko; Sherchand, Jeevan Bahadur; Pandey, Basu Dev; Cuevas, Luis E.; Cunliffe, Nigel A.; Hart, C.A.; Nakagomi, Osamu

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Detection of G12 Human Rotaviruses in Nepal

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Mar 2007
By Pun, Sher Bahadur ; Nakagomi, Toyoko ; Sherchand, Jeevan Bahadur ; ...

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Emerg Infect Dis
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Pun, Sher Bahadur ; Nakagomi, Toyoko ; Sherchand, Jeevan Bahadur ; Pandey, Basu Dev ; Cuevas, Luis E. ; Cunliffe, Nigel A. ; Hart, C.A. ; Nakagomi, Osamu
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Of 731 stool specimens collected from children with diarrhea in Kathmandu, Nepal, from August 2004 through July 2005, 170 (23.3%) tested positive for rotavirus. Reverse transcription-PCR, including a revised G12-specific primer set, identified 56 (32.9%) as G2P[4] and 39 (23.0%) as G12 with P[6], P[8], or P[4].
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Antigens, Viral Capsid Proteins Child Communicable Diseases, Emerging Dispatch DNA Primers Dysentery Feces G12 Genotyping Humans Molecular Epidemiology Nepal Pcr Rotavirus Rotavirus Infections Serotype
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Emerg Infect Dis. 13(3):482-484.
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Journal Article
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13
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3
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Emerging Infectious Diseases
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