A study of diarrhoea among children in Eastern Nepal with special reference to rotavirus

Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 87-90

  Shariff, M ^a   Deb, M ^a   Singh, R ^a  

^a B P KOIRALA INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Children; Diarrhoea; Nepal; Rotavirus

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLOXACILLIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; METRONIDAZOLE; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPAL; PARASITOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; ROTAVIRUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUPERINFECTION; TIME; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0042420825     PISSN: 02550857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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