Prevalence and serotype specificity of rotavirus antibodies in different age groups of ecuadorian infants

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 162, Issue 3, 1990, Pages 615-620

  Briissow, Harald ^a   Sidoti, Josette ^a   Barclay, Denis ^a   Sotek, Jan ^a   Dirren, Henri ^a   Freire, Wilma B ^b  

^a NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

^b Consejo Nacional de Desarrollo ^*  (Ecuador)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

AGE; ARTICLE; ECUADOR; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTAVIRUS; SEROTYPE;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGE FACTORS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; ECUADOR; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INFANT; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; PREVALENCE; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SEROTYPING;

EID: 0025046169     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/162.3.615     Document Type: Article

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