Identification of a novel codon in the norovirus GII.4 polymerase region which acts as a marker of major GII.4 norovirus epidemics

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 653-655

  Bruggink, L D ^a   Marshall, J A ^a  

^a VICTORIAN INFECTIOUS DISEASES REFERENCE LABORATORY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Epidemics; Genetic marker; GII.4 genotype; Norovirus; Polymerase region

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; NUCLEOTIDE; RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; EPIDEMIC; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; RNA TRANSLATION; VIRAL GASTROENTERITIS; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CODON; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GASTROENTERITIS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; NOROVIRUS; RNA REPLICASE; VIRAL PROTEINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LORDSDALE VIRUS; NOROVIRUS;

EID: 68649108121     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2009.01.003     Document Type: Article

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