Identification of a distinct common strain of 'Norwalk-like viruses' having a global distribution

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 179, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1334-1344

  Noel, J S ^a,b,c   Fankhauser, R L ^a,b   Ando, T ^a,b   Monroe, S S ^a,b   Glass, R I ^a,b  

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

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INCIDENCE; NONHUMAN; NORWALK GASTROENTERITIS VIRUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS MORPHOLOGY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GASTROENTERITIS; GEOGRAPHY; NORWALK VIRUS; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEASONS; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 0033029555     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/314783     Document Type: Article

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