Molecular epidemiology of norovirus GII.4 variants in children under 5 years with sporadic acute gastroenteritis in South Korea during 2006-2013

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 340-344

  Cho, Han Gil ^a,e   Lee, Sung Geun ^b   Kim, Ju Eun ^c   Yu, Kyeong Sin ^a   Lee, Deog Yong ^d   Park, Po Hyun ^a   Yoon, Mi hye ^a   Jho, Eek Hoon ^e   Kim, Jaehong ^f   Paik, Soon Young ^c  

^a Gyeonggi Provincial Research Institute of Public Health and Environment   (South Korea)

^b Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

^c The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention   (South Korea)

^e University of Seoul   (South Korea)

^f Gachon University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Genogroup; GII.4 variant; Norovirus; Viral gastroenteritis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; EPIDEMIC; FECES MICROFLORA; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NOROVIRUS; NOROVIRUS GII.4; NOROVIRUS INFECTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEROPREVALENCE; SOUTH KOREA; VIRAL GASTROENTERITIS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS STRAIN; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CLASSIFICATION; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SEASON; VIROLOGY;

CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NOROVIRUS; PREVALENCE; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SEASONS;

EID: 84908509216     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: 18735967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2014.08.018     Document Type: Article

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