Detection of sporadic cases of Norwalk-like virus (NLV) and astrovirus infection in a single Irish hospital from 1996 to 1998

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 109-117

  Foley, Barbara ^a   O'Mahony, Jim ^a   Morgan, Sheila M ^a   Hill, Colin ^a   Morgan, John G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Human astrovirus; Norwalk like virus; Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction; Small round structured virus

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; ASTROVIRUS; FECES CULTURE; GASTROENTERITIS; GENOTYPE; IRELAND; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; NORWALK GASTROENTERITIS VIRUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRAL GENETICS; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASTROVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA PRIMERS; FECES; GASTROENTERITIS; GENOTYPE; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; INFANT; IRELAND; MAMASTROVIRUS; MIDDLE AGED; NORWALK VIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 0033846222     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1386-6532(00)00083-4     Document Type: Article

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