The incidence and genetic variability of small round-structured viruses in outbreaks of gastroenteritis in The Netherlands

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 176, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1374-1378

  Vinjé, Jan ^a   Altena, Sandy A ^a   Koopmans, Marion P G ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; GASTROENTERITIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NETHERLANDS; NURSING HOME; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA VIRUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRUS DETECTION; WARD;

EID: 0030785492     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/517325     Document Type: Article

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