Novel recombinant GII.P16_GII.13 and GII.P16_GII.3 norovirus strains in Italy

Virus Research

Volumn 188, Issue , 2014, Pages 142-145

  Medici, Maria Cristina ^a   Tummolo, Fabio ^a   Martella, Vito ^b   Giammanco, Giovanni Maurizio ^c   De Grazia, Simona ^c   Arcangeletti, Maria Cristina ^a   De Conto, Flora ^a   Chezzi, Carlo ^a   Calderaro, Adriana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gastroenteritis; GII.P16_GII.13; GII.P16_GII.3; Italy; Norovirus; Recombination

Indexed keywords

CAPSID PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CHILD; EUROPE; FECES; GASTROENTERITIS; GERMANY; HUMAN; ITALY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NOROVIRUS; NOROVIRUS INFECTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRAL GASTROENTERITIS; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS RECOMBINANT; VIRUS STRAIN; CALICIVIRUS INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VIROLOGY;

CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CAPSID PROTEINS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GASTROENTERITIS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; ITALY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NOROVIRUS; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84903733003     PISSN: 01681702     EISSN: 18727492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2014.04.005     Document Type: Article

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