Molecular and epidemiological features of norovirus-associated gastroenteritis outbreaks in Victoria, Australia in 2001

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 321-331

  Marshall, John A ^a   Dimitriadis, Anna ^a   Wright, Peter J ^b  

^a VICTORIAN INFECTIOUS DISEASES REFERENCE LABORATORY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Age; Gender; Geography; Mutation; Seasonally; Setting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GASTROENTERITIS; GENDER; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHY; HALFWAY HOUSE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MALE; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NURSING HOME; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; RNA VIRUS; SCHOOL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOROVIRUS; PHYLOGENY; SEASONS; VICTORIA;

NOROVIRUS; VICTORIA;

EID: 11144229598     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.20274     Document Type: Article

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