Incidence of rotavirus diarrhea in children under 6 years referred to the pediatric emergency and clinic of ghaem hospital, mashhad, Iran

Acta Medica Iranica

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 263-265

  Sadeghian, Ali ^a   Hamedi, Abdolkarim ^b   Sadeghian, Mohammad ^c   Sadeghian, Hamed ^b  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Diarrhea; Latex fixation tests; Rotavirous

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CHILD; EMERGENCY WARD; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; IRAN; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; ROTAVIRUS INFECTION; SPRING; SUMMER; WINTER;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRAN; MALE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SEASONS;

EID: 77957033232     PISSN: 00446025     EISSN: 00446025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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