Molecular epidemiology of norovirus gastroenteritis investigated using samples collected from children in Tunisia during a four-year period: Detection of the norovirus variant GGII.4 hunter as early as January 2003

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 421-429

  Sdiri Loulizi, Khira ^a,b   Ambert Balay, Katia ^b,d   Gharbi Khelifi, Hakima ^a   Sakly, Nabil ^c   Hassine, Mouna ^a   Chouchane, Slaheddine ^c   Guediche, Mohamed Neji ^c   Pothier, Pierre ^b   Aouni, Mahjoub ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^b DIJON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c FATTOUMA BOURGUIBA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^d Centre National de Reference des Virus Enteriques   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; FECES CULTURE; GASTROENTERITIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NOROVIRUS; NORTH AFRICA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TUNISIA; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; ADULT; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FECES; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

NOROVIRUS;

VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FECES; GASTROENTERITIS; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NOROVIRUS; PREVALENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TUNISIA;

EID: 60849131871     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01852-08     Document Type: Article

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