Detection and characterisation of human astroviruses in children with acute gastroenteritis in Blantyre, Malawi

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 563-566

  Cunliffe, Nigel A ^a,b   Dove, Winifred ^a   Gondwe, Jailosi S ^b   Thindwa, Benson D M ^a   Greensill, Julie ^a   Holmes, Jennifer L ^c   Bresee, Joseph S ^c   Monroe, Stephan S ^c   Glass, Roger I ^c   Broadhead, Robin L ^b   Molyneux, Malcolm E ^a   Hart, C Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

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

Author keywords

Astrovirus; HIV; Malawi

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ARTICLE; ASTROVIRUS; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALE; RNA VIRUS INFECTION; SUPERINFECTION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS TYPING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ASTROVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; GENOTYPE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALAWI; MALE; MAMASTROVIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTORS;

ASTROVIRIDAE; HUMAN ASTROVIRUS TYPE 1; HUMAN ASTROVIRUS TYPE 3; HUMAN ASTROVIRUS TYPE 4; HUMAN ASTROVIRUS TYPE 5; HUMAN ASTROVIRUS TYPE 8; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 0036301575     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.10139     Document Type: Article

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