Prevalence and genetic diversity of norovirus among patients with acute diarrhea in Guatemala

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 85, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1293-1298

  Estévez, Alejandra ^a   Arvelo, Wences ^b   Hall, Aron J ^b   López, María R ^a   López, Beatriz ^a   Reyes, Lissette ^c   Moir, Juan Carlos ^c   Gregoricus, Nicole ^b   Vinjé, Jan ^b   Parashar, Umesh D ^b   Lindblade, Kim A ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE DE GUATEMALA   (Guatemala)

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

^c Ministry of Public Health and Social Assistance   (Guatemala)

Author keywords

Acute diarrhea; Guatemala; Norovirus; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GUATEMALA; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NOROVIRUS INFECTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OUTPATIENT; PREVALENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRUS GENE;

ACUTE DIARRHEA; GUATEMALA; NOROVIRUS; SURVEILLANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COINFECTION; DIARRHEA; FECES; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; GUATEMALA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOROVIRUS; PREVALENCE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878221091     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.23578     Document Type: Article

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