Characterising the aetiology of severe acute gastroenteritis among patients visiting a hospital in Qatar using real-time polymerase chain reaction

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Al Thani, Asma ^a   Baris, Maide ^a   Al Lawati, Najah ^a   Al Dhahry, Said ^b  

^a QATAR UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

^b HAMAD MEDICAL CORPORATION   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Acute gastroenteritis; Adenovirus; Astrovirus; Norovirus; Rotavirus

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ADENOVIRUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTROVIRUS; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CAMPYLOBACTER; CHILD; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOROVIRUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QATAR; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROTAVIRUS; SALMONELLA; SCHOOL CHILD; SHIGELLA; VIRAL GASTROENTERITIS; VIRUS DETECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADENOVIRIDAE; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOROVIRUS; QATAR; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROTAVIRUS;

EID: 84880181841     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-13-329     Document Type: Article

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