Emergence of two novel norovirus genotype II.4 variants associated with viral gastroenteritis in China

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 86, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1226-1234

  Fu, Jian guang ^a   Ai, Jing ^a   Qi, Xian ^a   Zhang, Jun ^b   Tang, Fen yang ^a   Zhu, Ye fei ^a  

^a BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

^b Suzhou Center for Disease Prevention and Control   (China)

Author keywords

Gastroenteritis; Genotype; Mutations; Noroviruses; Novel variants

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHINA; EPIDEMIC; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATION; NOROVIRUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRAL GASTROENTERITIS; VIRUS STRAIN; CALICIVIRUS INFECTION; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; GENETICS; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIROLOGY; VIRUS GENOME;

NOROVIRUS;

VIRUS RNA;

CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; GENOME, VIRAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NOROVIRUS; PHYLOGENY; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 84899937519     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.23799     Document Type: Article

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