Human astrovirus diagnosis and typing: Current and future prospects

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 103-105

  Guix, S ^a   Bosch, Albert ^a   Pinto P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROBIOLOGY;

'CURRENT; ANTIGENICS; DIAGNOSTIC METHODS; FUTURE PROSPECTS; HUMAN PATHOGENS; MOLECULAR TECHNIQUES; PROPERTY; SCREENING METHODS; SEROTYPING; SPORADICS;

DIAGNOSIS;

VIRUS;

ASTROVIRUS; GASTROENTERITIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PATHOGENESIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SCREENING; SEROTYPING; VIRULENCE;

ASTROVIRIDAE; HUMAN ASTROVIRUS;

EID: 22644444446     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2005.01759.x     Document Type: Review

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