Detection of the norovirus variants GGII.4 hunter and GGIIb/Hilversum in Italian children with gastroenteritis

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 78, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1656-1662

  Ramirez, Stefania ^a   De Grazia, Simona ^a   Giammanco, Giovanni M ^a   Milici, Maria ^a   Colomba, Claudia ^a   Ruggeri, Franco Maria ^b   Martella, Vito ^c   Arista, Serenella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Children; Enteritis; Genotyping; Italy; Norovirus

Indexed keywords

RNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; FECES ANALYSIS; GASTROENTERITIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREVALENCE; RDRP GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FECES; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INFANT; ITALY; NOROVIRUS; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA REPLICASE; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NOROVIRUS;

EID: 33750573272     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.20751     Document Type: Article

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