Astrovirus MLB1 is not associated with diarrhea in a cohort of Indian children

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Holtz, Lori R ^a   Bauer, Irma K ^a   Rajendran, Priya ^b   Kang, Gagandeep ^b   Wang, David ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTROVIRUS; ASTROVIRUS INFECTION; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INDIAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS VIRULENCE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; GENETICS; INDIA; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; VIROLOGY;

ASTROVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DIARRHEA; HUMANS; INDIA; MAMASTROVIRUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 83055198324     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028647     Document Type: Article

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