Indications for worldwide increased norovirus activity associated with emergence of a new variant of Genotype II.4, LATE 2012

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  van Beek, J ^a   Ambert Balay, K ^b   Botteldoorn, N ^c   Eden, J S ^d   Fonager, J ^e   Hewitt, J ^f   Iritani, N ^g   Kroneman, A ^a   Vennema, H ^a   Vinje J ^h   White, P A ^d   Koopmans, M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b National Reference Centre for Enteric Viruses   (France)

^c SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^f INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^g OSAKA CITY INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^h CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; EPIDEMIC; GENOTYPE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NOROVIRUS; NOROVIRUS INFECTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

EID: 84872079404     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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