Response to prevalence of infection with adenovirus-36 in Belgium and Holland and association with obesity

Obesity

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-

  Goossens, Valère J ^a,b   Wolffs, Petra F ^a,b   Bruggeman, Cathrien A ^a,b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ADENOVIRUS; ADENOVIRUS 31; ADENOVIRUS 36; ADENOVIRUS 37; ADENOVIRUS 5; ADENOVIRUS 9; ADENOVIRUS INFECTION; BELGIUM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA ISOLATION; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LETTER; NETHERLANDS; OBESITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEROPREVALENCE;

ADENOVIRIDAE;

EID: 78650670916     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2010.108     Document Type: Letter

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