Prospective Study of Etiologic Agents of Acute Gastroenteritis Outbreaks in Child Care Centers

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 253-257

  Lyman, Whitney H ^a   Walsh, Joan F ^b   Kotch, Jonathan B ^b   Weber, David J ^c   Gunn, Elizabeth ^b   Vinjé, Jan ^a,d  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ARTICLE; ASTROVIRUS; CHILD; DAY CARE; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROTAVIRUS; SAPOVIRUS; UNITED STATES; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENVIRONMENT; FECES; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INFANT; NORTH CAROLINA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 58149517683     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2008.07.057     Document Type: Article

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