Early detection of epidemic GII-4 norovirus strains in UK and Malawi: Role of surveillance of sporadic acute gastroenteritis in anticipating global epidemics

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Allen, David J ^a,b   Trainor, Eamonn ^b,d   Callaghan, Anna ^a,c   O'Brien, Sarah J ^b   Cunliffe, Nigel A ^b   Iturriza Gómara, Miren ^b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d ST HELENS AND KNOWSLEY TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIC; GENOGROUP II GENOTYPE 4 NOROVIRUS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MALAWI; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; GASTROENTERITIS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFANT; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VIROLOGY;

CAPSID PROTEIN;

CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CAPSID PROTEINS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPIDEMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; GASTROENTERITIS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALAWI; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NOROVIRUS; PHYLOGENY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84964723564     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0146972     Document Type: Article

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