Molecular changes associated with altered patterns of Norovirus outbreak epidemics in Victoria, Australia, in 2006 to 2007

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 857-861

  Bruggink, Leesa D ^a   Marshall, John A ^a  

^a VICTORIAN INFECTIOUS DISEASES REFERENCE LABORATORY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; GASTROENTERITIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GII.4 GENE; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS GENE;

CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FECES; GASTROENTERITIS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NOROVIRUS; PREVALENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VICTORIA;

NOROVIRUS;

EID: 77749299329     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01661-09     Document Type: Article

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