## Abstract Norovirus is one of the major causes of outbreaks and sporadic cases of acute gastroenteritis in young children worldwide. Obtaining local baseline information regarding this virus is important for developing and evaluating prevention strategies of norovirus transmission in children. Th
Detection and molecular characterisation of rotavirus and norovirus infections in Jordanian children with acute gastroenteritis
β Scribed by Nasser M. Kaplan; Andrew Kirby; Sawsan A. Abd-Eldayem; Winifred Dove; Toyoko Nakagomi; Osamu Nakagomi; Nigel A. Cunliffe
- Publisher
- Springer Vienna
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 198 KB
- Volume
- 156
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1432-8798
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