Waterborne norovirus outbreaks

Future Virology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 101-112

  Maunula, Leena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Gastroenteritis; Molecular epidemiology; Norovirus; Waterborne outbreak

Indexed keywords

COOLING WATER;

BACTERIAL GENE; DNA MICROARRAY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EPIDEMIC; GASTROENTERITIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURIFICATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SEWAGE; VIRUS CONCENTRATION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS IMMUNITY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION;

NOROVIRUS;

EID: 34249287381     PISSN: 17460794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/17460794.2.1.101     Document Type: Review

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