Re-emergence of echovirus type 13 infections in 2002 in Yamagata, Japan

Journal of Infection

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 243-247

  Mizuta, Katsumi ^a   Abiko, Chieko ^a   Murata, Toshio ^a   Itagaki, Tsutomu ^b   Katsushima, Noriko ^c   Akiba, Tomoharu ^d   Sakamoto, Michiyo ^d   Ootani, Katsumi ^a   Murayama, Shoko ^a  

^a YAMAGATA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^b Yamanobe Pediatric Clinic   (Japan)

^c Katsushima Pediatric Clinic   (Japan)

^d Yamagata City Hospital Saiseikan   (Japan)

Author keywords

Echo 13; Echovirus type 13; Re emerging disease; Seroepidemiology

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHO VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANT; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREVALENCE; RNA VIRUS INFECTION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TYPING;

EID: 0141605817     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-4453(03)00081-1     Document Type: Article

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