Noroviruses as a cause of diarrhea in travelers to Guatemala, India, and Mexico

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1673-1676

  Koo, Hoonmo L ^a,b   Ajami, Nadim J ^a,b   Jiang, Zhi Dong ^b   Neill, Frederick H ^a   Atmar, Robert L ^a   Ericsson, Charles D ^c   Okhuysen, Pablo C ^c   Taylor, David N ^d   Bourgeois, A Louis ^e   Steffen, Robert ^f   Dupont, Herbert L ^a,b,c  

^a Baylor University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Salix a Division of Valeant Pharmaceuticals North America LLC   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GUATEMALA; HUMAN; HYBRIDIZATION; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRAVELLER DIARRHEA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; COHORT STUDIES; DIARRHEA; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; GEOGRAPHY; GUATEMALA; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MEXICO; NOROVIRUS; PREVALENCE; TIME FACTORS; TRAVEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 77951817228     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02072-09     Document Type: Article

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