Epidemiological and molecular analysis of human norovirus infections in Taiwan during 2011 and 2012

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Tang, Meng Bin ^a   Chen, Chien Hsien ^b   Chen, Shou Chien ^b,c   Chou, Yu Ching ^d   Yu, Chia Peng ^b  

^a Wei Gong Memorial Hospital   (Taiwan)

^b TATUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Da Chien General Hospital   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Human norovirus; Molecular epidemiology; RT PCR; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

RNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE;

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; NOROVIRUS INFECTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PANDEMIC; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TAIWAN; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION;

EID: 84880334441     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-13-338     Document Type: Article

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