Genetic analysis of noroviruses associated with fatalities in healthcare facilities

Archives of Virology

Volumn 151, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1635-1641

  Okada, M ^a   Tanaka, T ^b   Oseto, M ^c   Takeda, N ^d   Shinozaki, K ^a  

^a CHIBA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^b Sakai City Institute of Public Health   (Japan)

^c EHIME PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; JAPAN; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MORTALITY; NOROVIRUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; GENOTYPE; HEALTH FACILITIES; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NOROVIRUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

NOROVIRUS;

EID: 33746175735     PISSN: 03048608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00705-006-0739-6     Document Type: Article

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