An epidemiological study on viral infantile diarrhoea in tirana

New Microbiologica

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 9-14

  Diamanti, E ^a   Superti, F ^b   Tinari, A ^b   Marziano, M L ^b   Giovannangeli, S ^b   Tafaj, F ^a   Xhelili, L ^c   Gani, D ^c   Donelli, G ^b  

^a Res Inst Hyg Epidemiol/IP

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c University Paediatric Hospital

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Diarrhoea; Epidemiology; Viruses

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIGEN; VIRUS RNA;

ADENOVIRUS; ALBANIA; ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; GASTROENTERITIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANTILE DIARRHEA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; ROTAVIRUS; VIROLOGY; VIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ALBANIA; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; GASTROENTERITIS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; RNA, VIRAL; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; VIRUS DISEASES; VIRUSES;

EID: 0029715901     PISSN: 11217138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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