A 5-year study of the prevalence and genetic diversity of human caliciviruses associated with sporadic cases of acute gastroenteritis in young children admitted to hospital in Melbourne, Australia (1998-2002)

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 96-101

  Kirkwood, Carl D ^a,b   Clark, Ruth ^a   Bogdanovic Sakran, Nada ^a   Bishop, Ruth F ^a,b  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Calicivirus; Children; Norovirus

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ARTICLE; CALICIVIRUS; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOROVIRUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS STRAIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; AUSTRALIA; CALICIVIRIDAE; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, HOSPITALIZED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FECES; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INFANT; PREVALENCE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

CALICIVIRIDAE; NOROVIRUS; SAPOVIRUS;

EID: 23044495208     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.20419     Document Type: Article

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