Molecular epidemiology of 'norwalk-like viruses' in outbreaks of gastroenteritis in the United States

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 178, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1571-1578

  Fankhauser, Rebecca L ^b   Noel, Jacqueline S ^b   Monroe, Stephan S ^b   Ando, Tamie ^b   Glass, Roger I ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; EPIDEMIC; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GASTROENTERITIS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORWALK GASTROENTERITIS VIRUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NURSING HOME; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENE;

AGED; ANIMALS; CALICIVIRIDAE; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GASTROENTERITIS; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INFANT; MEAT; NORWALK VIRUS; NURSING HOMES; OSTREIDAE; PHYLOGENY; RESTAURANTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031736983     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/314525     Document Type: Article

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