Molecular epidemiology of noroviruses associated with acute sporadic gastroenteritis in children: Global distribution of genogroups, genotypes and GII.4 variants

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 269-277

  Hoa Tran, T N ^a   Trainor, Eamonn ^b   Nakagomi, Toyoko ^a,b   Cunliffe, Nigel A ^b   Nakagomi, Osamu ^a,b  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Gastroenteritis; Genotype; Intergenotype recombination; Molecular epidemiology; Norovirus

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ACUTE SPORADIC GASTROENTERITIS; CIRCULATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VIRUS CAPSID; VIRUS STRAIN;

EID: 84872863060     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: 18735967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2012.11.011     Document Type: Review

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