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Detection of GII-4/2006b variant and recombinant noroviruses in children with acute gastroenteritis, South Korea.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Jan 2010
Chung Ju-Young, Han Tae-Hee, Park Sang-Hun, Kim Sang Woo, Hwang Eung-Soo
Abstract excerpt
Norovirus (NoV), a single-stranded, positive RNA virus, is an important etiologic agent of acute gastroenteritis in children worldwide. In this study, a total of 434 fecal samples collected from 434 children with acute gastroenteritis in Seoul, between September 2007 and July 2008 were tested to determine the molecular epidemiology of NoVs and characterize recombinant strains by using RT-PCR followed by...
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