Astrovirus detection in sporadic cases of diarrhea among hospitalized and non-hospitalized children in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 1998 to 2004

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 113-117

  Soares, Caroline Cordeiro ^a   De Albuquerque, Maria Carolina Maciel ^a   Maranhão, Adriana Gonçalves ^a   Rocha, Ludmila Nascimento ^a   Ramírez, María Liz Gamarra ^a   Benati, Fabricio J ^a   Timenetsky, Maria Do Carmo ^b   Santos, Norma ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Astrovirus; RT PCR; Viral diagnostic; Viral gastroenteritis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTROVIRUS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BRAZIL; CHILD; DIARRHEA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEVER; GENOTYPE; HOSPITALIZED CHILD; HUMAN; MEDICAL CARE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS STRAIN;

ASTROVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, HOSPITALIZED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FECES; HUMANS; INFANT; MAMASTROVIRUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ASTROVIRIDAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HUMAN ASTROVIRUS 1; ROTAVIRUS;

EID: 36849033596     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.21053     Document Type: Article

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