Prevalence and genetic diversity of norovirus infection in Tunisian children (2007-2010)

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1100-1110

  Hassine Zaafrane, Mouna ^a,b   Sdiri Loulizi, Khira ^a,b   Kaplon, Jérôme ^b   Salem, Imen Ben ^a   Pothier, Pierre ^b   Aouni, Mahjoub ^a   Ambert Balay, Katia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Acute gastroenteritis; Genogroup; Genotype; Molecular epidemiology; Noroviruses; One step RT PCR

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FECES ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NOROVIRUS INFECTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TUNISIA; VIRAL GASTROENTERITIS; VIRUS CAPSID; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS STRAIN;

ADOLESCENT; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOLECULAR TYPING; NOROVIRUS; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TUNISIA;

MIRIDAE; NOROVIRUS;

EID: 84876384952     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.23552     Document Type: Article

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