Rotavirus diarrhea among children less than 5 years of age in Urban Ghana

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 716-718

  Binka, Edem ^a   Vermund, Sten H ^a   Armah, George E ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Ghana   (Ghana)

Author keywords

child; cryptosporidiosis; diarrhea; Ghana; prevalence; rotavirus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTIOUS DIARRHEA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTAVIRUS INFECTION; SCHOOL CHILD; VIRUS STRAIN;

EID: 79960628450     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3182113989     Document Type: Article

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