Significant prevalence and genetic diversity of norovirus infection in irish children

Pediatric Research

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 312-316

  Waters, Allison ^a   Dunford, Linda ^a   Tuite, Gráinne ^a   Connell, Jeff ^a   Dooley, Séamus ^a   Foley, Barbara ^b   McKeown, Paul ^b   Hall, William W ^a   Coughlan, Suzie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b HEALTH PROTECTION SURVEILLANCE CENTRE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; EPIDEMIC; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; IRELAND; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTAVIRUS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VIRAL GASTROENTERITIS; VIRAL GENETICS; VOMITING; GASTROENTERITIS; GENETICS; HEALTH SURVEY; INFANT; PATHOGENICITY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADENOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GASTROENTERITIS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; IRELAND; NOROVIRUS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 55749097078     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: 15300447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/PDR.0b013e31817995bc     Document Type: Article

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