Prevalence of astroviruses in a children's hospital

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 2571-2574

  Shastri, Sunita ^a   Doane, Anne Martin ^a   Gonzales, Jaime ^a   Upadhyayula, Usha ^a   Bass, Dorsey M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; ASTROVIRUS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTAVIRUS; SHORT BOWEL SYNDROME; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS TYPING;

ASTROVIRIDAE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; RNA VIRUSES; ROTAVIRUS;

EID: 0031855339     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.9.2571-2574.1998     Document Type: Article

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