Seasonal pattern and genotype distribution of sapovirus infection in Japan, 2003-2009

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 74-77

  Dey, S K ^a,b   Phathammavong, O ^c   Nguyen, T D ^a   Thongprachum, A ^a   Chan It, W ^a   Okitsu, S ^d   Mizuguchi, M ^a   Ushijima, H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b AINO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Health System Department (HSD)   (Laos)

^d Aino Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

Japan; sapovirus; seasonality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; JAPAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAPOVIRUS; SEASONAL VARIATION; VIRAL GASTROENTERITIS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS STRAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FECES; GASTROENTERITIS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; JAPAN; SAPOVIRUS; SEASONS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 82455175283     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268811000240     Document Type: Article

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