Tracking the transmission routes of genogroup II noroviruses in suspected food-borne or environmental outbreaks of gastroenteritis through sequence analysis of the P2 domain

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1298-1304

  Xerry, Jacqueline ^a   Gallimore, Chris I ^a   Iturriza Gómara, Miren ^a   Gray, Jim J ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capsid; Norwalk like viruses; Sequencing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRAL GASTROENTERITIS; VIRUS CAPSID; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WATER CONTAMINATION; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOOD POISONING; GASTROENTERITIS; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

MIRIDAE; NOROVIRUS;

CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FOOD POISONING; GASTROENTERITIS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NOROVIRUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 67649967445     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.21517     Document Type: Article

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