Quantitative detection of norovirus excretion in pediatric patients with cancer and prolonged gastroenteritis and shedding of norovirus

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 80, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1461-1467

  Ludwig, A ^a,c   Adams, O ^a   Laws, H J ^a   Schroten, H ^b   Tenenbaum, T ^b  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c Inst for Med Microbiol/Virology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Immunocompromised patients; Norovirus; Quantitative real time PCR

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NOROVIRUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOM; VIROLOGY; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS EXCRETION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS SHEDDING; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; INFANT; MALE; NEOPLASMS; NOROVIRUS; RNA, VIRAL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; VIRUS SHEDDING;

NOROVIRUS;

EID: 46049107135     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.21217     Document Type: Article

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