Closing the diarrhoea diagnostic gap in Indian children by the application of molecular techniques

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1364-1368

  Ajjampur, S S R ^a   Rajendran, P ^a   Ramani, S ^a   Banerjee, I ^a   Monica, B ^a   Sankaran, P ^a   Rosario, V ^a   Arumugam, R ^a   Sarkar, R ^a   Ward, H ^b   Kang, G ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS; ARTICLE; ASTROVIRUS; CAMPYLOBACTER; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIARRHEA; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES CULTURE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INDIA; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA EXTRACTION; ROTAVIRUS; SHIGELLA;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 55549109037     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.2008/003319-0     Document Type: Article

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