Surveillance of rotavirus gastro-enteritis in children in Blantyre, Malawi

Paediatrics and International Child Health

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 42-45

  Turner, Ann ^a   Ngwira, Bagrey ^b   Witte, Desiree ^a   Mwapasa, Mphatso ^b   Dove, Winifred ^a   Cunliffe, Nigel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

Author keywords

Gastro enteritis; Genotype; Rotavirus; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROTAVIRUS INFECTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TYPING;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALAWI; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 84874760618     PISSN: 20469047     EISSN: 20469055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/2046905512Y.0000000015     Document Type: Article

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