Norovirus epidemiology in Africa: A review

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Mans, Janet ^a   Armah, George E ^b   Steele, A Duncan ^c,d   Taylor, Maureen B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b University of Ghana   (Ghana)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO   (South Africa)

^d BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; AFRICA; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; NOROVIRUS INFECTION; PREVALENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; VIRUS RECOMBINANT; ADULT; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; INFANT; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NEWBORN; NOROVIRUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEASON; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; AFRICA; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CARRIER STATE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NOROVIRUS; PREVALENCE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEASONS;

EID: 84964777960     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0146280     Document Type: Review

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