A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Global Seasonality of Norovirus

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Ahmed, Sharia M ^a,b   Lopman, Benjamin A ^a   Levy, Karen ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; CASE STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EPIDEMIC; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; NOROVIRUS INFECTION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WINTER; ANIMAL; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; META ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON;

ANIMALS; INTERNATIONALITY; NOROVIRUS; SEASONS;

EID: 84884878987     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0075922     Document Type: Article

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