Molecular characterization of noroviruses and rotaviruses involved in a large outbreak of gastroenteritis in Northern Italy

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 5545-5548

  Di Bartolo, Ilaria ^a   Monini, Marina ^a   Losio, Marina Nadia ^b   Pavoni, Enrico ^b   Lavazza, Antonio ^b   Ruggeri, Franco Maria ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA LOMBARDIA E DELL EMILIA ROMAGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLE; MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION; NOROVIRUSES; NORTHERN ITALY; ROTAVIRUSES;

VIRUSES;

ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS;

GASTROENTERITIS; GENOTYPE; HEALTH RISK; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; VIRUS;

ARTICLE; CALICIVIRUS INFECTION; EPIDEMIC; FECES; GASTROENTERITIS; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NOROVIRUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTION; VIROLOGY;

CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FECES; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; ITALY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NOROVIRUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS;

ITALY;

NOROVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS;

EID: 79961066300     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00278-11     Document Type: Article

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