The changing epidemiology of astrovirus-associated gastroenteritis: A review

Archives of Virology, Supplement

Volumn 1996, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 287-300

  Glass, R I ^a,f   Noel, J ^a   Mitchell, D ^b   Herrmann, J E ^c   Blacklow, N R ^c   Pickering, L K ^b   Dennehy, P ^d   Ruiz Palacios, G ^e   De Guerrero, M L ^e   Monroe, S S ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF THE KING S DAUGHTERS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

^f CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; GASTROENTERITIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MAMASTROVIRUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEROTYPING; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ASTROVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MAMASTROVIRUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTORS; SEROTYPING; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0030341130     PISSN: 09391983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7091-6553-9_31     Document Type: Review

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