Large gastroenteritis outbreak due to norovirus gii in São Paulo, Brazil, summer 2010

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 119-120

  Morillo, Simone Guadagnucci ^a   Luchs, Adriana ^a   Cilli, Audrey ^a   Ribeiro, Cibele Daniel ^a   Calux, Samira Julien ^a   Carmona, Rita de Cássia Compagnoli ^a   Timenetsky, Maria do Carmo Sampaio Tavares ^a  

^a INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; BRAZIL; CALICIVIRUS INFECTION; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LETTER; NOROVIRUS; POPULATION DENSITY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; VIRAL GASTROENTERITIS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 79955812316     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: 16789946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652011000200011     Document Type: Letter

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