Molecular epidemiology of outbreaks of gastroenteritis associated with small round-structured viruses in East Anglia, United Kingdom, during the 1996-1997 season

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 81-89

  Maguire, Alison J ^a   Green, Jon ^b   Brown, David W G ^b   Desselberger, Ulrich ^a   Gray, James J ^a  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; GASTROENTERITIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL ROUND STRUCTURED VIRUS; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRUS DETECTION;

RNA VIRUSES; SMALL ROUND STRUCTURED VIRUS; SOUTHAMPTON VIRUS;

EID: 0032897321     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.1.81-89.1999     Document Type: Article

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