Rotavirus and norovirus infections in children in Sana'a, Yemen

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 680-684

  Kirby, Andrew ^a   Al Eryani, Ali ^b   Al Sonboli, Najla ^b   Hafiz, Taghreed ^c   Beyer, Mandy ^a   Al Aghbari, Nasher ^d   Al Moheri, Nahala ^e   Dove, Winifred ^d   Cunliffe, Nigel A ^a   Cuevas, Luis E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b SANA A UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

^c LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d Al Thawra General Hospital   (Yemen)

^e Al Sabeen Hospital   (Yemen)

Author keywords

Norovirus; Rotavirus; Y men; Yemen

Indexed keywords

ROTAVIRUS VACCINE;

AGE CLASS; CHILD HEALTH; DETECTION METHOD; DIARRHEAL DISEASE; DISEASE CONTROL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GASTROENTERITIS; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL SECTOR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL TIME; VACCINE; VIRAL DISEASE;

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOROVIRUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROTAVIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; YEMEN;

ACUTE DISEASE; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NOROVIRUS; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; YEMEN;

AMANAH AL ASMAH; SANAA; YEMEN;

NOROVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS;

EID: 79955779302     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2011.02756.x     Document Type: Article

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