Human group C rotaviruses identified in Kenya

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 73-76

  Mwenda, J M ^a   Peenze, I ^b   Omollo, E ^a   Galo, M ^a   Steele, A D ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; FECES; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KENYA; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROTAVIRUS; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KENYA; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 23944477973     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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