Incidence of group A rotavirus in urban and rural areas of the city of Londrina-Brazil, from 1995 to 1997

Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 257-261

  Meneghetti, Ângelo Cesar ^a   Bolognini, Andrea Maria ^a   Lauretti, Flávio ^a   Linhares, Rosa Elisa Carvalho ^a   Santos, Norma ^b   Nozawa, Carlos Mitihiko ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diarrhea; LA; PAGE; PCR; Rotavirus

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747026585     PISSN: 15168913     EISSN: 15168913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-89132001000300006     Document Type: Review

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