Rapid detection of rotaviruses - Are laboratories underestimating infection in infants? [7]

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 494-495

  Dewar, John ^a   de Beer, M ^a   Elliott, E ^b   Monaisa, P ^b   Semenya, D ^a   Steele, A ^a  

^a SEFAKO MAKGATHO HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b Ampath Trust   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ROTAVIRUS VACCINE;

ACUTE DIARRHEA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GASTROENTERITIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; INFANT MORTALITY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LETTER; MORBIDITY; ROTAVIRUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

HUMANS; LATEX FIXATION TESTS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 23044441694     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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