Prevalence of rotavirus in acute diarrhea and its association with clinical signs and symptoms

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 212-213

  Nunes, Altacílio Aparecido ^a   de Mello, Luane Marques ^a   Parrode, Renata Neiva ^b   Maneira Bittar, João Paulo ^b   da Silva Domingues, André Luiz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TRIÂNGULO MINEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Children; Diarrhea; Rotavirus; Symptoms; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; BRAZIL; CHILD; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTION; SYMPTOM; VIRUS STRAIN; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIARRHEA; FECES; GASTROENTERITIS; GENETICS; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIROLOGY;

VIRUS RNA;

BRAZIL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIARRHEA; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PREVALENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 77954929968     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmp091     Document Type: Letter

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