Norovirus genotype IIb associated acute gastroenteritis in India

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 429-432

  Chhabra, Preeti ^a   Chitambar, Shobha D ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Acute gastroenteritis; Caliciviruses; Genotype IIb; Norovirus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FECES ANALYSIS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE ALIGNMENT ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; NOROVIRUS IIB; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OUTPATIENT; PHYLOGENY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRAL GASTROENTERITIS; VIRUS TYPING;

CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FECES; GASTROENTERITIS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NOROVIRUS; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 46349097803     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2008.03.014     Document Type: Article

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