Detection of adenovirus outbreak at a municipal swimming pool by nested PCR amplification

Journal of Infection

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 101-103

  Papapetropoulou, M ^a   Vantarakis, A C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE;

ADENOVIRUS; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DRUG EFFECT; EPIDEMIC; GREECE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SWIMMING POOL; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ADENOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; ADENOVIRUS INFECTIONS, HUMAN; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLORINE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GREECE; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWIMMING POOLS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 0031610990     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-4453(98)93414-4     Document Type: Article

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