MLB1 astrovirus in children with gastroenteritis, Italy

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 169-170

  Medici, Maria Cristina ^a   Tummolo, Fabio ^a   Calderaro, Adriana ^a   Elia, Gabriella ^b   Banyai, Krisztiàn ^c   De Conto, Flora ^a   Arcangeletti, Maria Cristina ^a   Chezzi, Carlo ^a   Buonavoglia, Canio ^b   Martella, Vito ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTROVIRUS INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FECES ANALYSIS; GASTROENTERITIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; LETTER; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VOMITING;

ASTROVIRUS; CHILDREN; ENTERIC INFECTIONS; GASTROENTERITIS; ITALY; MLB1; VIRUSES;

ASTROVIRIDAE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GASTROENTERITIS; GENES, VIRAL; HUMANS; INFANT; ITALY; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR TYPING; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 84890943582     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2001.131259     Document Type: Letter

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