Seasonal prevalence of asymptomatic norovirus infection in Korean children

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1427-1430

  Cheon, Doo Sung ^a   Jeong, Hye Sook ^a   Jeong, Ahyong ^a   Lee, Kang Bum ^a,b   Lee, Min Hwa ^b   Tahk, Hongmin ^b   Choi, Changsun ^b  

^a Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention   (South Korea)

^b Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; CALICIVIRUS INFECTION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; KINDERGARTEN; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOROVIRUS; NOROVIRUS INFECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WINTER;

ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FECES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; NOROVIRUS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONS; VIRAL LOAD;

NOROVIRUS;

EID: 78149377283     PISSN: 15353141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2010.0547     Document Type: Article

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