Prevalence and molecular epidemiology of noroviruses detected in outbreak and sporadic cases of acute gastroenteritis in Bulgaria

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 80, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2161-2168

  Mladenova, Zornitsa ^a   Korsun, Neli ^a   Geonova, Tsvetelina ^b   Di Bartolo, Ilaria ^c   Fiore, Lucia ^c   Ruggeri, Franco Maria ^c   Petrov, P ^d   Naydenova, N ^e   Mangarov, A ^e   Tiholova, M ^f   Kalvatchev, N ^f   Komitova, R ^g   Peteva, K ^h   Nenova, M ⁱ   Kamenov, G ^j   Borissova, M ^j   Chakov, B ^j   Kovachka, K ^k  

^a NATIONAL CENTER OF INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES   (Bulgaria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ALEXANDROVSKA   (Bulgaria)

^e Infect Dis Hosp Prof Ivan Kirov   (Bulgaria)

^f MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^g University Hospital Dr Georgi Stransky   (Bulgaria)

^h Multi profiled Hospital for Active Treatment   (Bulgaria)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ST MARINA   (Bulgaria)

^j Regional Inspectorate for Public Health Protection and Control

^k Multi profiled Hospital for Active Treatment

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Author keywords

Genotype; Norovirus; Outbreak; Sporadic cases

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE; VIRUS ENZYME;

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BULGARIA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NOROVIRUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SEQUENCE; VIRUS CAPSID; VIRUS STRAIN;

BULGARIA; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FECES; GASTROENTERITIS; GENOTYPE; NOROVIRUS; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CALICIVIRIDAE; MIRIDAE; NOROVIRUS;

EID: 57349097706     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.21307     Document Type: Article

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