High Rate and Changing Molecular Epidemiology Pattern of Norovirus Infections in Sporadic Cases and Outbreaks of Gastroenteritis in Hong Kong

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 113-117

  Lau, Chi Shan ^a   Wong, Derek A ^a   Tong, Louis K L ^a   Lo, Janice Y C ^a   Ma, Agnes M C ^a   Cheng, Peter K C ^a   Lim, Wilina W L ^a  

^a Public Health Laboratory Centre   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Molecular epidemiology; Noroviruses; Norwalk like viruses (NLV); Outbreaks; RT PCR; Sporadic cases

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NORWALK GASTROENTERITIS VIRUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPORADIC INFECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS STRAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOROVIRUS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, VIRAL; VARIATION (GENETICS);

NOROVIRUS;

EID: 1842560537     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.20066     Document Type: Article

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