Rotavirus infections in young Nicaraguan children

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 564-571

  Espinoza, Felix ^a   Paniagua, Margarita ^a   Hallander, Hans ^b   Svensson, Lennart ^b   Strannegard, Örjan ^c  

^a National Autonomous University of Nicaragua   (Nicaragua)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Breast milk; Colostrum; IgA antibodies; Rotavirus infection

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ARTICLE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NICARAGUA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; VACCINATION;

EID: 0031008193     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199706000-00006     Document Type: Article

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