Norovirus Gastroenteritis Outbreak is Associated with Contaminated Drinking Water in South China

Food and Environmental Virology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 207-210

  He, Ya Qing ^a,b   Ma, Han Wu ^b   Yao, Xiang Jie ^b   Bu, Qing Lan ^b   Yang, Hong ^b   Huang, Wei ^b   Duan, Yong Xiang ^b   Zhang, Hai Long ^b   Dai, Chuan Wen ^b   Li, Wei Ke ^b   Yu, Shou Yi ^a  

^a SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHENZHEN CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

Acute gastroenteritis; Genotype; Norovirus; Norovirus outbreak; PCR; Water

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRAL GENETICS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

NOROVIRUS;

EID: 78650522003     PISSN: 18670334     EISSN: 18670342     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12560-010-9047-0     Document Type: Article

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