Characterization of norovirus strains in Australian children from 2006 to 2008: Prevalence of recombinant strains

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 83, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2213-2219

  Mahar, Jackie E ^a,b   Kirkwood, Carl D ^a,b  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gastroenteritis; GIIb; Pediatric; Recombination

Indexed keywords

CAPSID PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; RNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; VIRUS RNA;

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CALICIVIRUS INFECTION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DNA SEQUENCE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; NOROVIRUS INFECTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS RECOMBINATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CAPSID PROTEINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NOROVIRUS; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA REPLICASE; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

MIRIDAE; NOROVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS;

EID: 80054854245     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.22215     Document Type: Article

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