Detection and genetic characterization of sporadic noroviruses in Nara Prefecture between April 2006 and September 2007

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 89-90

  Kitahori, Yoshiteru ^a   Inoue, Yumiko ^a   Imanishi, Yoshitaka ^a  

^a Nara Prefectural Institute for Hygiene and Environment   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIRAL GENETICS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS STRAIN; VOMITING; WINTER;

CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HUMANS; JAPAN; NOROVIRUS; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 40349111124     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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