Epidemiology of astrovirus infection in young children hospitalized with acute gastroenteritis in Melbourne, Australia, over a period of four consecutive years, 1995 to 1998

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1058-1062

  Mustafa, Huseyin ^a   Palombo, Enzo A ^a   Bishop, Ruth F ^a  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ARTICLE; ASTROVIRUS; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; GASTROENTERITIS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ASTROVIRIDAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MIRIDAE; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0034092645     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.38.3.1058-1062.2000     Document Type: Article

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