Emerging Genotype (GGIIb) of Norovirus in Drinking Water, Sweden

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1548-1552

  Nygård, Karin ^a   Torvén, Maria ^a   Ancker, Camilla ^b   Knauth, Siv Britt ^b   Hedlund, Kjell Olof ^a   Giesecke, Johan ^a   Andersson, Yvonne ^a   Svensson, Lennart ^a,c  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CALICIVIRUS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECES ANALYSIS; GASTROENTERITIS; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWEDEN; VIRUS DETECTION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

EID: 0344306564     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0912.030112     Document Type: Article

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