Molecular characterization of human coronaviruses and their circulation dynamics in Kenya, 2009-2012.

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Published in Virol J on February 01, 2016

Authors

Lenata A Sipulwa1, Juliette R Ongus2, Rodney L Coldren3,4, Wallace D Bulimo5,6,7

Author Affiliations

1: College of Health Sciences (COHES), Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, (JKUAT), Nairobi, Kenya. lenata7@gmail.com.
2: College of Health Sciences (COHES), Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, (JKUAT), Nairobi, Kenya. julietteongus@jkuat.ac.ke.
3: Department of Emerging Infectious Diseases, US Army Medical Research Unit-Kenya, P.O. Box 606 00621, Village Market, Nairobi, Kenya. Rodney.Coldren@usamru-k.org.
4: Special Foreign Activity of the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD, USA. Rodney.Coldren@usamru-k.org.
5: Department of Emerging Infectious Diseases, US Army Medical Research Unit-Kenya, P.O. Box 606 00621, Village Market, Nairobi, Kenya. Wallace.bulimo@uonbi.ac.ke.
6: Special Foreign Activity of the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD, USA. Wallace.bulimo@uonbi.ac.ke.
7: Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya. Wallace.bulimo@uonbi.ac.ke.

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