Diagnosis of enterovirus infection by polymerase chain reaction of multiple specimen types

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 409-411

  Rotbart, Harley A ^a   Ahmed, Amina ^b   Hickey, Sheila ^b   Dagan, Ron ^c   McCracken Jr , George H ^b   Whitley, Richard J ^d   Modlin, John F ^e   Cascino, Marianne ^f   O'Connell, John F ^f   Menegus, Marilyn A ^g   Blum, Deborah ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^e DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

aseptic meningitis; Enterovirus; nonspecific febrile illness; polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VIRUS CULTURE;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENTEROVIRUS; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030947991     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199704000-00014     Document Type: Article

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