Norovirus gastroenteritis among children in Iraqi Kurdistan

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 506-509

  Al Mashhadani, Manar Najim ^a   Nakagomi, Osamu ^b   Dove, Winifred ^a   Ahmed, Herish ^c   Nakagomi, Toyoko ^b   Hart, C Anthony ^a   Cunliffe, Nigel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Erbil Paediatric Hospital   (Iraq)

Author keywords

Diarrhea; Genotype; Norovirus; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; GASTROENTERITIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFANT; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROTAVIRUS; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FECES; GASTROENTERITIS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IRAQ; NOROVIRUS; PHYLOGENY; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS;

NOROVIRUS;

EID: 38849137939     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.21099     Document Type: Article

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