Norovirus infection in children with acute gastroenteritis, Madagascar, 2004-2005

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 908-911

  Papaventsis, Dimitrios C ^a   Dove, Winifred ^a   Cunliffe, Nigel A ^a   Nakagomi, Osamu ^a,b   Combe, Patrice ^c   Grosjean, Pierre ^c   Hart, C Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR DE MADAGASCAR   (Madagascar)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INFANT; MADAGASCAR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOROVIRUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 34249992797     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1306.070215     Document Type: Article

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