The role of rotavirus in acute pediatric diarrhea in Isfahan, Iran

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 282-285

  Kazemi, Akbar ^a   Tabatabaie, Fatemeh ^a   Agha Ghazvini, Mohammad Reza ^b   Kelishadi, Roya ^c  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Health Research Center   (Iran)

^c ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

ELISA; Environmental factors; Gastroenteritis; Isfahan; Rotaviruses

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ARTICLE; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOM SAMPLE; ROTAVIRUS; SEASONAL VARIATION; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 33748784935     PISSN: 1682024X     EISSN: 1682024X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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