Molecular characterization of calicivirus strains detected in outbreaks of gastroenteritis in Argentina

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 79, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1703-1709

  Gomes, Karina A ^a   Stupka, Juan A ^a   Gómez, Jorge ^a   Parra, Gabriel I ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ENFERMEDADES INFECCIOSAS   (Argentina)

^b Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Salud Universidad Nacional de Asuncion   (Paraguay)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Argentina; Calicivirus; Molecular characterization; Norovirus

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; ASTROVIRUS; CALICIVIRUS; EPIDEMIC; GASTROENTERITIS; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; ROTAVIRUS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

ARGENTINA; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FECES; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NOROVIRUS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, VIRAL; SAPOVIRUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ASTROVIRIDAE; CALICIVIRIDAE; GREAT ISLAND VIRUS; NOROVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS; SAPOVIRUS;

EID: 34748867829     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.20989     Document Type: Article

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