Epidemiology and molecular characterization of sapovirus and astrovirus in Japan, 2008-2009

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 302-303

  Chan It, Wisoot ^a   Thongprachum, Aksara ^a   Okitsu, Shoko ^b   Mizuguchi, Masashi ^a   Ushijima, Hiroshi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b AINO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ARTICLE; ASTROVIRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; JAPAN; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RNA EXTRACTION; SAPOVIRUS; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; ASTROVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GASTROENTERITIS; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEWBORN; PHYLOGENY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIROLOGY;

VIRUS RNA;

ASTROVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GASTROENTERITIS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAPAN; MAMASTROVIRUS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, VIRAL; SAPOVIRUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 77954979915     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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