The dynamics of GII.4 Norovirus in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 18, Issue , 2013, Pages 335-343

  Tra My, Phan Vu ^a,b   Lam, Ha Minh ^a   Thompson, Corinne N ^a,b   Phuc, Hoang Le ^c   Tuyet, Pham Thi Ngoc ^d   Vinh, Ha ^e   Hoang, Nguyen Van Minh ^a   Minh, PhamVan ^a   Vinh, Nguyen Thanh ^a   Thuy, Cao Thu ^a   Nga, Tran Thi Thu ^a   Hau, Nguyen Thi Thu ^d   Chinh, Nguyen Tran ^e   Thuong, Tang Chi ^c   Tuan, Ha Manh ^d   Campbell, James I ^a,b   Clements, Archie C A ^f   Farrar, Jeremy ^a,b   Boni, Maciej F ^a,b   Baker, Stephen ^a,b,g  

^a OXFORD UNIVERSITY CLINICAL RESEARCH UNIT   (Viet Nam)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL 1   (Viet Nam)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL 2   (Viet Nam)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^g LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cluster; GII.4; Norovirus; Phylogenetic; Spatial; Temporal

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; NOROVIRUS INFECTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIVERSITY; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; VIET NAM; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS STRAIN;

CLUSTER; GII.4; NOROVIRUS; PHYLOGENETIC; SPATIAL; TEMPORAL;

CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FECES; GASTROENTERITIS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; NOROVIRUS; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VIETNAM;

EID: 84880305870     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: 15677257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2013.04.014     Document Type: Article

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