A predominant role for Norwalk-like viruses as agents of epidemic gastroenteritis in Maryland nursing homes for the elderly

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 185, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 133-146

  Green, Kim Y ^a   Belliot, Gaël ^a   Taylor, Jean Lin ^b   Valdesuso, José ^a   Lew, Judy F ^a,c   Kapikian, Albert Z ^a   Lin, Feng Ying C ^b,d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CALICIVIRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; GENE CLUSTER; HUMAN; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWALK GASTROENTERITIS VIRUS; NORWALK LIKE VIRUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NURSING HOME; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CAPSID; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; MARYLAND; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NOROVIRUS; NURSING HOMES; OPEN READING FRAMES; SEASONS;

EID: 0037080354     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/338365     Document Type: Article

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