Epidemiological characteristics of norovirus associated with sporadic gastroenteritis among children from the 2006/2007 to 2011/2012 season in Nara Prefecture, Japan

Intervirology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 31-35

  Yoneda, Masaki ^a   Okayama, Akiko ^a   Kitahori, Yoshiteru ^a  

^a Nara Prefecture Institute of Health   (Japan)

Author keywords

Children; Norovirus; Sporadic gastroenteritis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFANT; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOROVIRUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; ADOLESCENT; FECES; FECES ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS GENOTYPE GI 3; NOROVIRUS GENOTYPE GI 8; NOROVIRUS GENOTYPE GI 4; NOROVIRUS GENOTYPE GII 2; NOROVIRUS GENOTYPE GII 6; NOROVIRUS GENOTYPE GII 12; NOROVIRUS GENOTYPE GII 13; NOROVIRUS GENOTYPE GII 3; NOROVIRUS GENOTYPE GII 4; NOROVIRUS GENOTYPE GII 7; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

ADOLESCENT; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAPAN; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NOROVIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

NOROVIRUS;

EID: 84889802930     PISSN: 03005526     EISSN: 14230100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000353852     Document Type: Article

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