Rotavirus, astrovirus and adenovirus associated with an outbreak of gastroenteritis in a South African child care centre

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 227-230

  Taylor, M B ^a   Marx, F E ^a   Grabow, W O K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS; ARTICLE; ASTROVIRUS; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DAY CARE; DIARRHEA; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; INFANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; ROTAVIRUS; SOUTH AFRICA; VIRUS INFECTION;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE FACTORS; BIOLOGY; CASE STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIARRHEA; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; DISEASES; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; GASTROINTESTINAL EFFECTS; INFANT; LABORATORY EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; STUDIES; YOUTH;

ADENOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; ASTROVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0030665599     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268897007814     Document Type: Article

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