Genetic analysis of noroviruses taken from gastroenteritis patients, river water and oysters

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 51-56

  Ueki, Y ^a,b   Akiyama, K ^a   Watanabe, T ^b   Omura, T ^b  

^a Miyagi Pref Inst for Public Health   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gastroenteritis; Genetic analysis; Norovirus; Oysters; River water

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; GENE TRANSFER; HEALTH CARE; PATIENT TREATMENT; VIRUSES;

GASTROENTERITIS; NOROVIRUSES;

WATER QUALITY;

RIVER WATER; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; VIRUS RNA;

GASTROENTERITIS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEALTH RISK; RIVER WATER; SHELLFISH;

ACUTE DISEASE; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FECES ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GASTROENTERITIS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; NORWALK GASTROENTERITIS VIRUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OYSTER; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; VIRUS CAPSID; VIRUS CULTURE; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NOROVIRUS; OSTREIDAE;

EID: 4344691220     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2004.0016     Document Type: Article

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