Epidemiological Features of Rotavirus Infection in Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil, from 1986 to 2000

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 25-29

  Cardoso, Divina Das Dôres De Paula ^a   Soares, Célia Maria Almeida ^a   De Lima Dias E Souza, Menira Borges ^a   De Azevedo, Marli Da Silva Pereira ^a   Martins, Regina Maria Bringel ^a   De Oliveira Queiróz, Divina Aparecida ^b   De Brito, Wilia Marta Elsner Diederichsen ^a   Munford, Veridiana ^c   Rácz, Maria Lúcia ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Epidemiology; Gastroenteritis; Goi s; Rotavirus; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAY CARE; DIARRHEA; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ROTAVIRUS; SEASONAL VARIATION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FECES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SEASON; VIROLOGY;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS A;

BRAZIL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREVALENCE; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SEASONS;

EID: 0038282673     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762003000100004     Document Type: Article

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