Surveillance of human calicivirus in Spain [11]

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1327-1329

  Sánchez Fauquier, Alicia ^a,e   Wilhelmi, Isabel ^b   Roman, Enriqueta ^c   Colomina, Javier ^d   Montera, Vanessa ^a   Negredo, Ana ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL SEVERO OCHOA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE FUENLABRADA   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL DE LA RIBERA   (Spain)

^e INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM DETECTION; CALICIVIRUS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIC; EUROPE; FECES ANALYSIS; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; LETTER; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAPOVIRUS; SPAIN; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 22944439373     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1108.041166     Document Type: Letter

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