Molecular characterization of calicivirus strains detected in outbreaks of gastroenteritis occurring in Argentina during 2005 and 2006;Caracterización molecular de calicivirus aislados de brotes de gastroenteritis ocurridos en la Argentina durante los años 2005 y 2006

Revista Argentina de Microbiologia

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 222-228

  Gomes, K A ^a   Stupka, J A ^a   Diana, A ^b   Parra, G I ^c  

^a Laboratorio de Gastroenteritis Virales   (Argentina)

^b Área de Epidemiología de la Región Sanitaria II   (Argentina)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Calicivirus; Molecular characterization; Norovirus

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; ASTROVIRUS; CALICIVIRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; GASTROENTERITIS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROTAVIRUS; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS STRAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NOROVIRUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SAPOVIRUS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARGENTINA; ASTROVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; BASE SEQUENCE; CALICIVIRIDAE; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GASTROENTERITIS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MAMASTROVIRUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NOROVIRUS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, VIRAL; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SAPOVIRUS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 61949118340     PISSN: 03257541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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