Etiology of acute gastroenteritis in three sentinel general practices, Austria 2007

Infection

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 103-108

  Huhulescu, S ^a   Kiss, R ^a   Brettlecker, M ^a   Cerny, R J ^a   Hess, C ^a   Wewalka, G ^a   Allerberger, F ^a  

^a AUSTRIAN AGENCY FOR HEALTH AND FOOD SAFETY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ADENOVIRUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTROVIRUS; AUSTRIA; CAMPYLOBACTER; CHILD; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NOROVIRUS; PARASITE; PATHOGENESIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; ROTAVIRUS; SALMONELLA; SCHOOL CHILD; SHIGELLA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; YERSINIA; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOROVIRUS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 67349180218     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-008-8106-z     Document Type: Article

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