Astrovirus and rotavirus Co-infections in children with gastroenteritis who were referred to Ahvaz Aboozar Hospital, Southern Iran

Jundishapur Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 352-354

  Mozhgani, Seyed Hamid Reza ^a   Samarbaf Zadeh, Ali Reza ^a   Makvandi, Manoochehr ^a   Kalvandi, Gholam Reza ^a   Shamsi Zadeh, Ahmad ^a   Jalilian, Shahram ^a   Parsa Nahad, Mehdi ^a  

^a AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Astrovirus; ELISA; Gastroenteritis; Rotavirus; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTROVIRUS INFECTION; CHILD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RATE; IRAN; MIXED INFECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROTAVIRUS INFECTION; VIRAL GASTROENTERITIS; VIRUS DETECTION;

ASTROVIRIDAE; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS A;

EID: 84855687555     PISSN: 20083645     EISSN: 20084161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5812/kowsar.20083645.2435     Document Type: Article

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