Aetiology of acute paediatric gastroenteritis in Bulgaria during summer months: Prevalence of viral infections

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 272-282

  Mladenova, Zornitsa ^a   Steyer, Andrej ^b   Steyer, Adela Fratnik ^c   Ganesh, Balasubramanian ^d   Petrov, Petar ^e   Tchervenjakova, Tanja ^f   Iturriza Gomara, Miren ^g  

^a NATIONAL CENTER OF INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES   (Bulgaria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^c BLOOD TRANSFUSION CENTRE OF SLOVENIA   (Slovenia)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHOLERA AND ENTERIC DISEASES   (India)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ALEXANDROVSKA   (Bulgaria)

^f Specialized Hospital for Infectious Diseases Prof Ivan Kirov   (Bulgaria)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ARTICLE; ASTROVIRUS; BULGARIA; CAMPYLOBACTER; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; ENTAMOEBA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANTILE DIARRHEA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NOROVIRUS; PICOBIRNAVIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROTAVIRUS; SALMONELLA; SAPOVIRUS; SHIGELLA; SUMMER; WINTER; YERSINIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BACTERIUM; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; DNA SEQUENCE; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; GENETICS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SEASON; VIROLOGY; VIRUS; VIRUS DISEASES;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BASE SEQUENCE; BULGARIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; ENTAMOEBA; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; GIARDIA; HUMANS; INFANT; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; SEASONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRUS DISEASES; VIRUSES;

EID: 84923640747     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.000018     Document Type: Article

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