The application of new molecular methods in the investigation of a waterborne outbreak of norovirus in Denmark, 2012

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Van Alphen, Lieke B ^a,b   Dorléans, Frédérique ^a,b   Schultz, Anna Charlotte ^c   Fonager, Jannik ^a   Ethelberg, Steen ^a   Dalgaard, Camilla ^a   Adelhardt, Marianne ^d   Engberg, Jorgen H ^e   Fischer, Thea Kolsen ^a   Lassen, Sofie Gillesberg ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d Danish Health and Medicines Authority   (Denmark)

^e Regional Clinical Microbiology Laboratory   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; NOROVIRUS INFECTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; VIRUS CAPSID; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CHEMISTRY; COHORT ANALYSIS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PHYLOGENY; VIROLOGY; WATER MANAGEMENT;

NOROVIRUS;

CAPSID PROTEIN; DRINKING WATER;

CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CAPSID PROTEINS; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENOME, VIRAL; NOROVIRUS; PHYLOGENY; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84907202519     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0105053     Document Type: Article

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