Association of torovirus with acute and persistent diarrhea in children

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 504-507

  Koopmans, Marion P G ^a,b   Simone M Goosen, E ^a,b   Lima, Aldo A M ^c   Mcauliffe, Isabel T ^d   Nataro, James P ^a,b   Barrett, Leak J ^e,f   Glass, Roger I ^a,b   Guerrant, Richard L ^d,e,f  

^a Laboratory for Infectious Diseases and Perinatal Screening   (Netherlands)

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

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^e NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

diarrhea; enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; epidemiology; gastroenteritis; human; Torovirus

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOROVIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS;

EID: 0030952007     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199705000-00010     Document Type: Article

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