Asymptomatic rotavirus infection within Benin City urban community, Nigeria

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 688-690

  Omoigberale, A I ^a   Ojukwu, J O ^a   Abiodun, P O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BENIN   (Nigeria)

^b Military Hospital   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; TANZANIA; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PREVALENCE; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; TANZANIA; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0030254806     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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