Norovirus GII/4 variants observed in outbreaks of gastroenteritis in Miyagi Prefecture between November and December of 2006

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 240-241

  Ueki, Yo ^a   Shoji, Mika ^a   Sato, Chizuko ^a   Sato, Yuki ^a   Okimura, Yoko ^a   Saito, Noriyuki ^a   Otomo, Hiromi ^b   Onodera, Hitoshi ^c  

^a Miyagi Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Environment   (Japan)

^b Otomo Pediatric Clinic   (Japan)

^c Onodera Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPSID PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; GASTROENTERITIS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

BASE SEQUENCE; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NOROVIRUS; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 34548440360     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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