Genetic variation of the norovirus GII-4 genotype associated with a large number of outbreaks in Chiba prefecture, Japan

Archives of Virology

Volumn 152, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2249-2252

  Okada, M ^a   Ogawa, T ^a   Yoshizumi, H ^a   Kubonoya, H ^a   Shinozaki, K ^a  

^a CHIBA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIDEMIC; GASTROENTERITIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; JAPAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NOROVIRUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GASTROENTERITIS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NOROVIRUS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

NOROVIRUS;

EID: 36749084084     PISSN: 03048608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00705-007-1028-8     Document Type: Article

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