Epidemiological and clinical features of rotavirus gastroenteritis in Oman

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 54-57

  Aithala, Gururaj ^a   Al Dhahry, Said H S ^a   Saha, Anjali ^a   Elbualy, Musallam Seif ^a  

^a Department of Food Science and Nutrition   (Oman)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES CULTURE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN ROTAVIRUS; HYPONATREMIA; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSCOPY; NEWBORN; OMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEASONAL VARIATION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; VOMITING;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; OMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 0030052738     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/42.1.54     Document Type: Article

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