Evidence of emergence of new GGII.4 norovirus variants from Gastroenteritis Outbreak Survey in France during the 2007-to-2008 and 2008-to-2009 winter seasons

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 994-998

  Belliot, Gaël ^a   Kamel, A H ^a,b   Estienney, M ^a   Ambert Balay, K ^a   Pothier, P ^a  

^a DIJON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; FRANCE; GASTROENTERITIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; VIRUS INFECTION; WINTER;

CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FRANCE; GASTROENTERITIS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NOROVIRUS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, VIRAL; SEASONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

NOROVIRUS;

EID: 77749319411     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01888-09     Document Type: Article

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