Astrovirus infection in South Africa: A pilot study

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 315-319

  Steele, A D ^a,c   Basetse, H R ^a   Blacklow, N R ^b   Herrmann, J E ^b  

^a SEFAKO MAKGATHO HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Diarrhoeal Pathogens Research Unit   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; VIRAL DISEASE;

ADENOVIRUS; ARTICLE; ASTROVIRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTERIC VIRUS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PILOT STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; ROTAVIRUS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTH AFRICA; VIRUS INFECTION;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0031733208     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724936.1998.11747966     Document Type: Article

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