Genetic characterization of sporadic noroviruses in Nara Prefecture: April 2007-March 2008

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 82-83

  Kitahori, Yoshiteru ^a   Inoue, Yumiko ^a   Imanishi, Yoshitaka ^a  

^a Nara Prefectural Institute for Hygiene and Environment   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADENOVIRUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; GASTROENTERITIS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; ROTAVIRUS; SEASONAL VARIATION; TREND STUDY; VIRUS CLASSIFICATION; VIRUS STRAIN; CLASSIFICATION; FECES; GENE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; JAPAN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; FECES; GASTROENTERITIS; GENES; HUMANS; JAPAN; NOROVIRUS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 63149187386     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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