Different genotypic sapoviruses detected in two simultaneous outbreaks of gastroenteritis among schoolchildren in the same school district in Hokkaido, Japan

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 75-78

  Miyoshi, Masahiro ^a   Yoshizumi, Shima ^a   Kanda, Naritoshi ^b   Karino, Toshio ^c   Nagano, Hideki ^a   Kudo, Shinichi ^a   Okano, Motohiko ^a   Ishida, Setsuko ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^b Sorachi Health and Welfare Office   (Japan)

^c Oshima Public Health and Social Welfare Office   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CENTRIFUGATION; DIARRHEA; ELEMENTARY STUDENT; EPIDEMIC; FEVER; GASTROENTERITIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAPOVIRUS; VIRUS CAPSID; VIRUS DETECTION; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GASTROENTERITIS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SAPOVIRUS; SCHOOLS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STUDENTS;

EID: 76649110216     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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