Epidemiology of Mexico virus, a small round-structured virus in Yorkshire, United Kingdom, between January 1992 and March 1995

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 175, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 951-954

  Lewis, David C ^a   Hale, Antony ^b   Jiang, Xi ^b   Eglin, Roger ^b   Brown, David W G ^b  

^a Leeds Public Health Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; GASTROENTERITIS; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; MEXICO; NONHUMAN; NORWALK GASTROENTERITIS VIRUS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0030952862     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/513998     Document Type: Article

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