Detection and molecular characterisation of noroviruses in hospitalised children in Malawi, 1997-2007

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 85, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1299-1306

  Trainor, Eamonn ^a   Lopman, Ben ^b   Iturriza Gomara, Miren ^a   Dove, Winifred ^a   Ngwira, Bagrey ^c   Nakagomi, Osamu ^d   Nakagomi, Toyoko ^d   Parashar, Umesh ^b   Cunliffe, Nigel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^d NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gastroenteritis; Malawi; Norovirus

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZED CHILD; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALE; NOROVIRUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS DETECTION;

GASTROENTERITIS; MALAWI; NOROVIRUS;

CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALAWI; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NOROVIRUS; PREVALENCE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84875433114     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.23589     Document Type: Article

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