Screening for Calicivirus in children under five years of age, in an Abidjan low-income district;Détection de Calicivirus chez l'enfant de moins de cinq ans dans un quartier précaire à Abidjan

Medecine et Maladies Infectieuses

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 566-567

  Ouattara Soro, F S ^a   Ekaza, E ^a   Kacou N'Douba, A ^a   Akoua Koffi, G C ^a   Dosso, M ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR DE CÔTE D'IVOIRE   (Côte d’Ivoire)

Author keywords

Calicivirus; Children; Enfants

Indexed keywords

CALICIVIRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LETTER; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCREENING TEST; VIRUS INFECTION;

CALICIVIRIDAE; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COTE D'IVOIRE; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NORWALK VIRUS; POVERTY AREAS; PREVALENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 11444264631     PISSN: 0399077X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medmal.2004.01.003     Document Type: Letter

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