An outbreak of multiple norovirus strains on a cruise ship in China, 2014

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 226-233

  Wang, X ^a   Yong, W ^a   Shi, L ^a   Qiao, M ^a   He, M ^a   Zhang, H ^a   Guo, B ^a   Xie, G ^a   Zhang, M ^b   Jin, M ^c   Ding, J ^a  

^a Nanjing Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^b Guangxi Center for HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control   (China)

^c CDC   (China)

Author keywords

Cruise ship; Gastroenteritis; Genetic diversity; Norovirus; Outbreak

Indexed keywords

WATER POLLUTION;

CHONGQING; CONTAMINATED WATER; CRUISE SHIPS; GASTROENTERITIS; GENETICS DIVERSITIES; NANJING; NOROVIRUSES; OUTBREAK; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION PCR; YANGZI RIVER;

SHIPS;

DISEASE SPREAD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GASTROENTERITIS; GENOTYPE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HEALTH RISK; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MOLECULAR ECOLOGY; POINT SOURCE; SHIP TECHNOLOGY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VIRAL DISEASE; VIRUS;

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHIP; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS STRAIN; WATER CONTAMINATION; ADOLESCENT; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; GASTROENTERITIS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; TRAVEL; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

CHINA; CHONGQING; JIANGSU; NANJING [JIANGSU];

NOROVIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CHINA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; NOROVIRUS; SHIPS; TRAVEL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84955215424     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jam.12978     Document Type: Article

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