Molecular epidemiology of norovirus infections in symptomatic and asymptomatic children from Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 515-521

  Huynen, Pascale ^a   Mauroy, Axel ^b   Martin, Caroline ^c   Savadogo, Léon G Blaise ^d   Boreux, Raphael ^a   Thiry, Etienne ^b   Melin, Pierrette ^a   De Mol, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR DE BANGUI   (Central African Republic)

^d Université Nazi Boni   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

Africa; Epidemiology; Genotyping; Human; Norovirus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; BURKINA FASO; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS INFECTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS STRAIN;

AFRICA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENOTYPING; HUMAN; NOROVIRUS;

BURKINA FASO; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NOROVIRUS; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 84886298639     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: 18735967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2013.08.013     Document Type: Article

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