Outbreak of gastroenteritis in military recruits associated with serotype 3 astrovirus infection

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 101-106

  Belliot, Gaël ^a,b   Laveran, Henri ^a   Monroe, Stephan S ^b  

^a ONERA   (France)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

astrovirus; immune EM; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTROVIRUS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GASTROENTERITIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPE; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ASTROVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CACO-2 CELLS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FECES; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; MAMASTROVIRUS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; RABBITS; RNA, VIRAL; SEROTYPING;

ASTROVIRIDAE; MIRIDAE; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0031040346     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(199702)51:2<101::AID-JMV3>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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