Echovirus type 23 observed as a nosocomial infection in infants

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 205-206

  Ehrnst, Anneka ^a   Eriksson, Margareta ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b ST GÖRAN S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; ECHO VIRUS; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SPUTUM CULTURE; VIRUS INFECTION; VOMITING;

EID: 0029896137     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365549609049079     Document Type: Article

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