Emerging Norovirus GII.17 in Taiwan

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 61, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1762-1764

  Lee, Chung Chan ^a   Feng, Ye ^b   Chen, Shih Yen ^c   Tsai, Chi Neu ^d   Lai, Ming Wei ^c   Chiu, Cheng Hsun ^a,d  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^c CHANG GUNG CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ADOLESCENT; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DEHYDRATION; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LETTER; MICROARRAY KIT; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; NOROVIRUS GENOGROUP II.17; NOROVIRUS INFECTION; OCCULT BLOOD; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SEQUENCE; TAIWAN; VERNER MORRISON SYNDROME; VOMITING; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PHYLOGENY; VIROLOGY; VIRUS GENOME;

CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENOME, VIRAL; HUMANS; NOROVIRUS; PHYLOGENY; TAIWAN;

EID: 84949506765     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/civ647     Document Type: Letter

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