Surveillance of human astrovirus circulation in Italy 2002-2005: Emergence of lineage 2c strains

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 97-101

  De Grazia, S ^a   Platia, M A ^a   Rotolo, V ^a   Colomba, C ^a   Martella, V ^b   Giammanco, G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Astrovirus; Gastroenteritis; Genotyping; Italy; Sequence analysis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ARTICLE; ASTROVIRUS; CHILD; CIRCULATION; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FECES ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

ASTROVIRIDAE; HUMAN ASTROVIRUS; HUMAN ASTROVIRUS 1;

EID: 78650118694     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2010.03207.x     Document Type: Article

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