Aichi virus infection in children with acute gastroenteritis in Finland

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 138, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1166-1171

  Kaikkonen, S ^a   Rasanen S ^a   Ramet M ^b,c   Vesikari, T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Gastroenteritis; virology

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; KOBUVIRUS; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRAL GASTROENTERITIS; VIRUS DETECTION; ACUTE DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FECES; GASTROENTERITIS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PHYLOGENY; PICORNAVIRUS INFECTION; VIROLOGY;

VIRUS RNA;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FECES; FEMALE; FINLAND; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; KOBUVIRUS; MALE; PHYLOGENY; PICORNAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 77954888712     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268809991300     Document Type: Article

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