Molecular epidemiology of childhood astrovirus infection in child care centers

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 180, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 514-517

  Mitchell, Douglas K ^a,d   Matson, David O ^a   Jiang, Xi ^a   Berke, Tamas ^a   Monroe, Stephan S ^b   Carter, Michael J ^c   Willcocks, Margaret M ^c   Pickering, Larry K ^a  

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

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^d CENTER FOR PEDIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTROVIRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; EPIDEMIC; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ASTROVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, VIRAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAMASTROVIRUS; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0033503078     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/314863     Document Type: Article

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