A prospective case-control study of the role of astrovirus in acute diarrhea among hospitalized young children

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 184, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 10-15

  Dennehy, Penelope H ^a   Nelson, Sara M ^a   Spangenberger, Sara ^a   Noel, Jacqueline S ^b   Monroe, Stephan S ^b   Glass, Roger I ^b  

^a RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ARTICLE; ASTROVIRUS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; GASTROENTERITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REHYDRATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ASTROVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MAMASTROVIRUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; SEROTYPING;

EID: 0035400039     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/321007     Document Type: Article

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