Epidemiology of acute gastroenteritis outbreaks caused by noroviruses in Okayama, Japan

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 282-289

  Hamano, Masako ^a,b   Kuzuya, Mitsutaka ^a   Fujii, Ritsushi ^a   Ogura, Hajime ^a   Yamada, Masao ^b  

^a Okayama Prefectural Institute for Environmental Science and Public Health   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Noroviruses; Outbreaks; RT PCR; Viral gastroenteritis

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; FOOD HANDLING; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NOROVIRUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NURSING HOME; OPEN READING FRAME; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHELLFISH; SOCIAL WELFARE; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INFANT; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; NOROVIRUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NOROVIRUS;

EID: 24644506591     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.20455     Document Type: Article

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