Rotavirus mortality confirmed by etiologic identification in Venezuelan children with diarrhea

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 393-397

  Pérez Schael, Irene ^a   Salinas, Belén ^b   González, Rosabel ^a   Salas, Hans ^c   Ludert, Juan Ernesto ^d   Escalona, Marisol ^e   Alcalá, Ana ^d   Rosas, María Alejandra ^b   Materán, Mercedes ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOMEDICINA   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE CARABOBO   (Venezuela)

^c UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^d Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas Centro de Microbiologia y Biologia Celular   (Venezuela)

^e Ciudad Hospitalaria Dr Enrique Tejera   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Calicivirus; Diarrhea; Mortality; Rotavirus; Shigella

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALICIVIRUS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFECTIOUS DIARRHEA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROTAVIRUS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLOSIS; VENEZUELA; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS INFECTION;

CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; VENEZUELA;

EID: 34249034649     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000260252.48129.86     Document Type: Article

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