Molecular and clinical epidemiology of norovirus outbreaks in Spain during the emergence of GII.4 2012 variant

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 96-104

  Sabrià, Aurora ^a   Pintó, Rosa M ^a   Bosch, Albert ^a   Bartolomé, Rosa ^b   Cornejo, Thais ^b   Torner, Núria ^c,d   Martínez, Ana ^c   de Simón, Mercedes ^e   Domínguez, Angela ^a,d   Guix, Susana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^c Laboratory of Microbiology Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron Pssg Vall d'Hebron 119 129 ^*  (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^e AGÈNCIA DE SALUT PÚBLICA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gastroenteritis outbreak; Genetic variation; Human norovirus; Molecular epidemiology; Viral load

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; PROTEIN VP1; VIRUS RNA;

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPAIN; VIRUS CAPSID; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS SHEDDING; VIRUS STRAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; GENETICS; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VERY ELDERLY; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NOROVIRUS; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPAIN; VIRUS SHEDDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84900306789     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: 18735967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2014.03.013     Document Type: Article

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