Mixed viral infections causing acute gastroenteritis in children in a waterborne outbreak

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 138, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1227-1234

  Rasanen S ^a   Lappalainen, S ^a   Kaikkonen, S ^a   Hamalainen M ^a   Salminen, M ^a   Vesikari, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Community outbreaks; gastrointestinal infections; Norwalk agent and related viruses; paediatrics; rotavirus

Indexed keywords

ROTAVIRUS VACCINE;

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ADENOVIRUS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOODY DIARRHEA; BOCAVIRUS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFANT; KOBUVIRUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; PATIENT REFERRAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTION; SALMONELLA; SAPOVIRUS; SCHOOL CHILD; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; WATER CONTAMINATION; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; GASTROENTERITIS; HOSPITALIZATION; MICROBIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIROLOGY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; FEMALE; FINLAND; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VIRUS DISEASES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 77956635666     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268809991671     Document Type: Article

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