Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of pediatric gastroenteritis associated with new viral agents

Archives of Virology

Volumn 156, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1583-1589

  Rimoldi, Sara Giordana ^a   Stefani, Fabrizio ^b   Pagani, Cristina ^a   Chenal, Lisa Lucia ^a   Zanchetta, Nadia ^a   Bartolo, Ilaria Di ^c   Lombardi, Alessandra ^a   Ruggeri, Franco Maria ^c   lillo, Dario Di ^a   Zuccotti, Gian Vincenzo ^a   Gismondo, Maria Rita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BOCAVIRUS; CHILD; FECES; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; NEWBORN; NOROVIRUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SAPOVIRUS; TIME; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FECES; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN BOCAVIRUS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ITALY; NOROVIRUS; SAPOVIRUS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ASTROVIRIDAE; BOCAVIRUS; ENTEROVIRUS; NOROVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS; SAPOVIRUS;

EID: 80052210875     PISSN: 03048608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00705-011-1037-5     Document Type: Article

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