title: Molecular epidemiology of outbreaks of gastroenteritis associated with small round structured viruses in Germany in 1997/98.
abstract: The molecular epidemiology of small round structured viruses (SRSVs) in Germany was studied using fecal specimens from 16 SRSV-associated gastroenteritis outbreaks in different parts of Germany during 1997/1998 by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and by sequencing of the ORF1 and ORF3 amplicons. The majority of the isolates clustered in one subtype and were closely related to published SRSV sequences of genogroup II.
authors.affiliation: Robert Koch-Institute, Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Schreier
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Döring
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Künkel
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D017250:Caliciviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005243:Feces / Q000821:virology; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009663:Norwalk virus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016366:Open Reading Frames / Q000235:genetics; D010802:Phylogeny; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA