A prospective study of astrovirus diarrhea of infancy in Mexico City

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 723-727

  Guerrero, M Lourdes ^a   Noel, Jacqueline S ^b   Mitchell, Douglas K ^c   Calva, Juan J ^a   Morrow, Ardythe L ^c   Martínez, Julia ^a   Rosales, Gustavo ^a   Velázquez, F Raúl ^a,d   Monroe, Stephan S ^b   Glass, Roger I ^b   Pickering, Larry K ^c   Ruiz Palacios, Guillermo M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

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

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF THE KING S DAUGHTERS   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL DE PEDIATRÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Astrovirus; Infant diarrhea; Viral gastroenteritis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DIARRHEA; AGE; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; ASTROVIRUS; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEVER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MEXICO; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPING; VIRUS INFECTION; VOMITING;

EID: 0031842976     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199808000-00012     Document Type: Article

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