Prevalence and genetic diversity of astroviruses in children with and without diarrhea in São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 100, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 709-714

  Gabbay, Yvone B ^a   Da Luz, Cláudia Regina N E ^b   Costa, Ivete V ^a   Cavalcante Pepino, Elielma L ^a   Sousa, Maisa S ^a   Oliveira, Krynssya K ^a   Monteiro Wanzeller, Ana Lucia ^a   Mascarenhas, Joana D'Arc P ^a   Leite, José Paulo G ^c   Linhares, Alexandre C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO EVANDRO CHAGAS   (Brazil)

^b Hospital Universitário Materno Infantil   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Children; Diarrhea; Human astroviruses (HAstV); S o Lu s, Maranh o

Indexed keywords

ASTROVIRIDAE; HUMAN ASTROVIRUS 1;

EID: 31544453607     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762005000700004     Document Type: Article

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