Concomitant poliovirus infection during an outbreak of hepatitis A

Journal of Infection

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 227-230

  Divizia, Maurizio ^a   Gabrieli, Rosanna ^a   Donia, Domenica ^a   Ruscio, Vito ^a   Degener, Anna Marta ^b   Panà, Augusto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES; HEPATITIS A; HUMAN; POLIOMYELITIS; PREVALENCE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERUM; VIRUS CLASSIFICATION; VIRUS GENOME;

EID: 0033397223     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-4453(99)90054-3     Document Type: Article

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