Relative frequency of astrovirus in children suffering from gastroenteritis referred to Aboozar hospital, Ahvaz

Jundishapur Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Mozhgani, Seyed Hamid Reza ^a   Samarbaf Zadeh, Ali Reza ^a   Makvandi, Manoochehr ^a   Shamsi Zadeh, Ahmad ^a   Parsanahad, Mehdi ^a   Jalilian, Shahram ^a  

^a AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Gastroenteritis; Human astrovirus; Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT PCR)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTROVIRUS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INFANT; IRAN; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEROPREVALENCE; VIRAL GASTROENTERITIS;

ASTROVIRIDAE; HUMAN ASTROVIRUS; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 79958700309     PISSN: 20083645     EISSN: 20084161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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