Viral gastroenteritis associated with genogroup II norovirus among U.S. military personnel in Turkey, 2009

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Ahmed, Salwa F ^a   Klena, John D ^a   Mostafa, Manal ^a   Dogantemur, Jessica ^b   Middleton, Tracy ^b   Hanson, James ^b   Sebeny, Peter J ^a  

^a US Naval Medical Research Unit No 3 Egypt   (Egypt)

^b 39th Dental Clinic   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; NOROVIRUS INFECTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOLDIER; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNITED STATES; VIRAL GASTROENTERITIS; VIRUS CAPSID; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TYPING; CALICIVIRUS INFECTION; CLASSIFICATION; ETHNOLOGY; GASTROENTERITIS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; VIROLOGY; VIRUS GENE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MIRIDAE; NOROVIRUS;

CAPSID PROTEIN;

ADULT; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CAPSID PROTEINS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; GENES, VIRAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NOROVIRUS; PHYLOGENY; TURKEY; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860990425     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035791     Document Type: Article

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