Norovirus genotypes in endemic acute gastroenteritis of infants and children in Finland between 1994 and 2007

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 268-275

  Puustinen, L ^a   Blazevic, V ^a   Huhti, L ^a   Szakal, E D ^a   Halkosalo, A ^a   Salminen, M ^a   Vesikari, T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Gastroenteritis; Norwalk agent and related viruses; virology

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; FINLAND; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS RECOMBINANT;

CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CAPSID; CAPSID PROTEINS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FECES; FINLAND; GASTROENTERITIS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; NOROVIRUS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA REPLICASE; RNA, VIRAL; SEASONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA;

EID: 84455201005     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268811000549     Document Type: Article

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