Reverse transcriptase-PCR for the detection of Astrovirus in children with nosocomial acute diarrhoea in Naples, Italy

Medecine et Maladies Infectieuses

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 213-217

  Galdiero, Emilia ^a   Marinelli, Alessandra ^b   Pisciotta, Maria Grazia ^b   Pagliara, Irma ^b   Di Monteforte, Edoardo Sanfelice ^a   Liguori, Giorgio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Astrovirus; RT PCR; Viral diarrhea

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASTROVIRUS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; COLD CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIARRHEA; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GASTROENTERITIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROTAVIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ETIOLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS STRAIN;

ASTROVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CHILD; CROSS INFECTION; DIARRHEA; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INFANT; ITALY; MAMASTROVIRUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 19444364136     PISSN: 0399077X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medmal.2005.03.006     Document Type: Article

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