Molecular epidemiology of astrovirus infection in Italian children with gastroenteritis

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1025-1029

  De Grazia, S ^a   Giammanco, G M ^a   Colomba, C ^a   Cascio, A ^b   Arista, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Astrovirus; Children; Diarrhoea; Gastroenteritis; Typing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTROVIRUS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TYPING;

ASTROVIRIDAE; HUMAN ASTROVIRUS TYPE 1; HUMAN ASTROVIRUS TYPE 3;

EID: 9444235097     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2004.00995.x     Document Type: Article

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