Surveillance of Norovirus Infection in a Study of Sporadic Childhood Gastroenteritis in South West England and South Wales, during One Winter Season (1999-2000)

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 307-311

  Froggatt, Pippa C ^a   Vipond, I Barry ^a   Ashley, Charles R ^a   Lambden, Paul R ^b   Clarke, Ian N ^b   Caul, E Owen ^a  

^a Public Health Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diarrhoea; Norwalk like virus; SRSV; Vomiting

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS; ARTICLE; CALICIVIRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTERIC VIRUS; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FECES; GASTROENTERITIS; GENOTYPE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY; NONHUMAN; NORWALK GASTROENTERITIS VIRUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROTAVIRUS; SEROPREVALENCE; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; WINTER;

CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENGLAND; FECES; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NOROVIRUS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONS; WALES;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ASTROVIRIDAE; CALICIVIRIDAE; NARCISSUS LATENT VIRUS; NOROVIRUS; NORWALK-LIKE VIRUS; ROTAVIRUS; SMALL ROUND STRUCTURED VIRUS;

EID: 0347695011     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.10569     Document Type: Article

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