Incidence of human calicivirus and rotavirus infection in patients with gastroenteritis in South Africa

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 290-296

  Wolfaardt, M ^a,c   Taylor, M B ^a,d   Booysen, H F ^a   Engelbrecht, L ^a,c   Grabow, W O K ^a   Jiang, X ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Gastroenteritis; Human calicivirus; Rotavirus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALICIVIRUS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROTAVIRUS; SOUTH AFRICA; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NORWALK VIRUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0030930909     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(199704)51:4<290::AID-JMV6>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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