Echovirus type 22 outbreak associated with gastro-intestinal disease in a neonatal intensive care unit

American Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 469-473

  Birenbaum, Emanuel ^a,b   Handsher, Rachel ^a   Kuint, Jacob ^a,b   Dagan, Ron ^c   Raichman, Brian ^a,b   Mendelson, Ella ^a   Linder, Nehama ^a,b  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Echovirus 22; ICU; Neonatal; Outbreak

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; ECHO VIRUS; FECES CULTURE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PNEUMATOSIS INTESTINALIS; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0030819458     PISSN: 07351631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-994182     Document Type: Article

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