Epidemiology of Cocirculating Human Rotaviruses in Iran

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2013, Pages e178-e181

  Shoja, Zabihollah ^a   Jalilvand, Somayeh ^a   Mokhtari Azad, Talat ^a   Nategh, Rakhshandeh ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Genotypes; Iran; Rotavirus

Indexed keywords

ROTAVIRUS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; GENOTYPE; HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN ROTAVIRUS; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROTAVIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS STRAIN;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 84876287022     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31827ee392     Document Type: Article

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