Seroepidemiological study of genogroup I and II calicivirus infections in South and Southern Africa

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 227-231

  Smit, T K ^a   Bos, P ^a   Peenze, I ^a   Jiang, Xi ^b   Estes, M K ^c   Steele, A D ^a  

^a SEFAKO MAKGATHO HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b CENTER FOR PEDIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Mexico virus; Norwalk virus; Seroprevalence; SRSVs

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALICIVIRUS; CHILD; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORWALK GASTROENTERITIS VIRUS; SEROPREVALENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; VIRUS CAPSID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA, SOUTHERN; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWALK VIRUS; PREGNANCY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

CALICIVIRIDAE; MIRIDAE; NOROVIRUS ISOLATES; NORWALK VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES; SMALL ROUND STRUCTURED VIRUS; UNIDENTIFIED BACULOVIRUS;

EID: 0032841063     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(199910)59:2<227::AID-JMV17>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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