Epidemiology of rotavirus diarrhoea in Albania

Archives of Virology

Volumn 159, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2491-2495

  Kota, M ^a   Bino, S ^a   Delogu, R ^c   Simaku, A ^a   Neza, B ^b   Ruggeri, F M ^c   Fiore, L ^c  

^a Institute of Public Health   (Albania)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CENTER MOTHER TERESA   (Albania)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Genotype; Rotavirus

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

AGE; ALBANIA; ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTION; VIROLOGY;

AGE FACTORS; ALBANIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RNA, VIRAL; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 84907877456     PISSN: 03048608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00705-014-2093-4     Document Type: Article

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