Relative frequency of Norovirus infection in children suffering from gastroenteritis and referred to Aboozar Hospital, Ahvaz, Iran

Jundishapur Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 355-358

  Jalilian, Shahram ^a   Samarbaf Zadeh, Ali Reza ^a   Mozhgani, Seyed Hamid Reza ^a   Makvandi, Manoochehr ^a   Parsa Nahad, Mehdi ^a   Pirmoradi, Roya ^a   Shamsi Zadeh, Ahmad ^a  

^a AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Gastroenteritis; Human norovirus; NESTED RT PCR

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CALICIVIRUS INFECTION; CHILD; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOROVIRUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA EXTRACTION; SUMMER; VIRAL GASTROENTERITIS; WINTER;

CALICIVIRIDAE; NOROVIRUS;

EID: 84855656378     PISSN: 20083645     EISSN: 20084161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5812/kowsar.20083645.2370     Document Type: Article

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