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Astrovirus acute gastroenteritis among children in Madrid, Spain.
The Pediatric infectious disease journal - 1 Nov 2002
Dalton Rosa M, Roman Enriqueta R, Negredo Ana A, Wilhelmi Isabel D, Glass Roger I, Sánchez-Fauquier Alicia
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Human astroviruses cause infantile gastroenteritis worldwide, but the prevalence of disease varies greatly by setting. Since 1997 we have conducted a survey to determine the causes of diarrhea among Spanish children attending an emergency room in Madrid and to characterize the clinical features of viral-associated gastroenteritis. OBJECTIVES: To define the epidemiologic role of astrovirus-associated...
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