Enteric viruses in healthy children in Cameroon: Viral load and genotyping of norovirus strains

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 83, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2135-2142

  Ayukekbong, James ^a   Lindh, Magnus ^a   Nenonen, Nancy ^a   Tah, Ferdinand ^b   Nkuo Akenji, Theresa ^c   Bergström, Tomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b Camyaids Institute of Laboratory Diagnosis and Clinical Research   (Cameroon)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BUEA   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic infection; Enteric viruses; Noroviruses; Phylogenetic analysis

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTROVIRUS; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; CAMEROON; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTERIC VIRUS; ENTEROVIRUS; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; ROTAVIRUS; SCHOOL CHILD; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS SHEDDING; VIRUS STRAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CAMEROON; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NOROVIRUS; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRAL LOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

NOROVIRUS;

EID: 80054847265     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.22243     Document Type: Article

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