Molecular detection and characterization of noroviruses from children in Botswana

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 321-324

  Mattison, Kirsten ^a   Sebunya, Teresa K ^b   Shukla, Anu ^a   Noliwe, Lebani N ^b   Bidawid, Sabah ^a  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

Author keywords

Norovirus

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; BOTSWANA; CHILD; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOROVIRUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

BOTSWANA; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FECES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NOROVIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

NOROVIRUS;

EID: 74549200287     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.21682     Document Type: Article

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