Rotavirus infection in infants and young children in Makkah, Saudi Arabia

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 231-234

  Ghazi, Hani O ^a   Khan, Mubashir A ^a   Telmesani, Abdulwahab M ^a   Idress, Borhan ^a   Mahomed, Mahomed Farouk ^a  

^a UMM AL QURA UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; ROTAVIRUS; SAUDI ARABIA; SEASONAL VARIATION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; DIARRHEA; VIROLOGY;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PREVALENCE; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 23044478975     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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