Emerging norovirus GII.4 2008 variant detected in hospitalised paediatric patients in South Africa

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 258-264

  Mans, Janet ^a   de Villiers, J Corrie ^b   du Plessis, Nicolette M ^a   Avenant, Theunis ^a   Taylor, Maureen B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

GII.4 2008 variant; Norovirus gastroenteritis; Paediatric; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTROVIRUS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HOSPITALIZED CHILD; HUMAN; HUMAN ADENOVIRUS; MALE; NOROVIRUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROTAVIRUS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTH AFRICA; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS STRAIN;

ADOLESCENT; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; FECES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NOROVIRUS; PREVALENCE; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 78149498024     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2010.08.011     Document Type: Article

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