An outbreak of group C rotavirus infection in an elementary school in Shimane Prefecture, Japan, February 2006

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 350-351

  Iizuka, Setsuko ^a   Tabara, Kenji ^a   Kawamukai, Akemi ^a   Itogawa, Hiroshi ^a   Hoshina, Ken ^a  

^a SHIMANE PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMPLOYEE; EPIDEMIC; FAMILY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEVER; HOME; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAUSEA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROTAVIRUS; STUDENT; SUPERINFECTION; TEACHER; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS STRAIN; VOMITING;

CHILD; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; JAPAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SCHOOLS;

EID: 33750433897     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: 13446304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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