Clinical and Epidemiologic Characteristics of Norovirus GII.4 Sydney during Winter 2012-13 in Beijing, China following Its Global Emergence

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Mai, Huan ^a   Jin, Miao ^b   Guo, XiaoLin ^a   Liu, Jian ^a   Liu, Ning ^a   Cong, Xu ^a   Gao, Yan ^a   Wei, Lai ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

^b CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOROVIRUS; NOROVIRUS GII.4 SYDNEY; NOROVIRUS INFECTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRUS CAPSID; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; WINTER;

ADULT; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CAPSID; CHINA; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NOROVIRUS; OUTPATIENTS; PANDEMICS; PHYLOGENY; SEASONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84881599094     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0071483     Document Type: Article

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