Prevalence and Characterization of Astroviruses in Argentinean Children with Acute Gastroenteritis

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 75-82

  Espul, Carlos ^a   Martínez, Norma ^a   Noel, Jacqueline S ^b   Cuello, Hector ^a   Abrile, Cristina ^c   Grucci, Sandra ^c   Glass, Roger ^b   Berke, Tamas ^d   Matson, David O ^d  

^a Children's Hospital of Mendoza   (Argentina)

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

^c Hospital Pediatrico Dr Humberto Notti   (Argentina)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF THE KING S DAUGHTERS   (United States)

Author keywords

EIA; Gastroenteritis; Genotype; RT PCR; Serotype

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; ASTROVIRUS; CALICIVIRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; ROTAVIRUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS STRAIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ARGENTINA; ASTROVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CACO-2 CELLS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAMASTROVIRUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROTYPING;

ASTROVIRIDAE; CALICIVIRIDAE; HUMAN ASTROVIRUS TYPE 3; HUMAN ASTROVIRUS TYPE 4; HUMAN ASTROVIRUS TYPE 5; ROTAVIRUS;

EID: 0345306655     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.10537     Document Type: Article

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