Prevalence and genetic diversity of norovirus in outpatient children with acute diarrhea in Shanghai, China

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 417-422

  Mei, Zeng ^a   Zhixiang, Gong ^b,c   Yuxia, Zhang ^a   Qirong, Zhu ^a   Xiaohong, Wang ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Chinese PLA 532 Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPSID PROTEIN; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE;

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FECES ANALYSIS; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NOROVIRUS; OUTPATIENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION;

CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CAPSID PROTEINS; CHILD; CHINA; DIARRHEA; FECES; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; NOROVIRUS; OUTPATIENTS; PREVALENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 80053075626     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: 18842836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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