Gastroenteritis outbreaks associated with Norwalk-like viruses and their investigation by nested RT-PCR

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 1, Issue , 2001, Pages 1-8

  O'Neill, Hugh J ^a   McCaughey, Conall ^a   Wyatt, Dorothy E ^a   Mitchell, Frederick ^a   Coyle, Peter V ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; GASTROENTERITIS; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORWALK GASTROENTERITIS VIRUS; NURSING HOME; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA GENE; SHIP; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; NOROVIRUS; REPRODUCIBILITY; UNITED KINGDOM; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

NARCISSUS LATENT VIRUS; NOROVIRUS; NORWALK VIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENGLAND; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; NOROVIRUS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 19044365569     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-1-14     Document Type: Article

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