Seroprevalence of Norwalk virus and Mexico virus in Chilean individuals: Assessment of independent risk factors for antibody acquisition

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 789-795

  O'Ryan, Miguel L ^a   Víal, Pablo A ^b   Mamani, Nora ^b   Jiang, Xi ^b   Estes, Mary K ^b   Ferrecio, Catterine ^b   Lakkis, Hassan ^b   Matson, David O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAY CARE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NORWALK GASTROENTERITIS VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEA FOOD; SEROPREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; VEGETABLE; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 2442748913     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/514949     Document Type: Article

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