Sapovirus gastroenteritis in preschool center, Puerto Rico, 2011

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 174-175

  Hassan Ríos, Encijar ^a   Torres, Pilar ^a   Muñoz, Elizabeth ^a   Matos, Carmen ^a   Hall, Aron J ^b   Gregoricus, Nicole ^b   Vinjé, Jan ^b  

^a Puerto Rico Department of Health   (Puerto Rico)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; NAUSEA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUERTO RICO; QUESTIONNAIRE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAPOVIRUS; STOMACH PAIN; VIRAL GASTROENTERITIS; VOMITING;

CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUERTO RICO; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SAPOVIRUS;

EID: 84871634607     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1901.120690     Document Type: Letter

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