Application of electronmicroscopy, enzyme immunoassay, and RT-PCR to monitor an outbreak of astrovirus type 1 in a paediatric bone marrow transplant unit

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 313-321

  Cubitt, W D ^a   Mitchell, D K ^b   Carter, M J ^c   Willcocks, M M ^c   Holzel, H ^a  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTER FOR PEDIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bone marrow transplantation; Diagnosis; SCID

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; ASTROVIRUS; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIARRHEA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NONHUMAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS SHEDDING; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ASTROVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CHILD; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INFANT; MAMASTROVIRUS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0032908130     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(199903)57:3<313::AID-JMV16>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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