Gastroenteritis outbreak due to G2P[4] rotavirus and GII norovirus at two correctional facilities in Brazil, 2010

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 213-214

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

^a INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ROTAVIRUS VACCINE;

BRAZIL; ENZYME ANALYSIS; FECES ANALYSIS; GASTROENTERITIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; BRAZIL; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NOROVIRUS; PRISONERS; PRISONS; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 79959249229     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: 18735967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2011.04.006     Document Type: Letter

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