Viral diarrhoea in young children in two districts in Nigeria

Central African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 5-6, 2002, Pages 59-63

  Audu, R ^a   Omilabu, S A ^b   Peenze, I ^c   Steele, D ^c  

^a NIGERIAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

^c SEFAKO MAKGATHO HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DIARRHEA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NIGERIA; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROTAVIRUS; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 0142029170     PISSN: 00089176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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