Rotavirus: To the gut and beyond!

Current Opinion in Gastroenterology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 39-43

  Blutt, Sarah E ^a   Conner, Margaret E ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antigenemia; Extraintestinal; Rotavirus; Systemic; Viremia

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIGEN; VIRUS PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; DISEASE MODEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM CELL; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; ROTAVIRUS; VIRAL GASTROENTERITIS; VIREMIA; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; CHILD; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 33845346428     PISSN: 02671379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOG.0b013e328011829d     Document Type: Review

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