Molecular epidemiology of norovirus outbreaks in Norway during 2000 to 2005 and comparison of four norovirus real-time reverse transcriptase PCR assays

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 3695-3702

  Vainio, Kirsti ^a   Myrmel, Mette ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NOROVIRUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS STRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NORWAY; PHYLOGENY; TIME; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

NOROVIRUS;

CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NOROVIRUS; NORWAY; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34248673133     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00023-06     Document Type: Article

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