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Viral agents associated with acute gastroenteritis in children hospitalized with diarrhea in Lanzhou, China.
Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology - 1 Mar 2009
Jin Yu, Cheng Wei-xia, Yang Xue-mei, Jin Miao, Zhang Qing, Xu Zi-qian, Yu Jie-mei, Zhu Lin, Yang Su-hua, Liu Na, Cui Shu-xian, Fang Zhao-yin, Duan Zhao-jun
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Gastroenteritis is a major cause of childhood morbidity and mortality worldwide. Rotavirus, human caliciviruses (HucV), adenovirus, and astrovirus are recognized as common etiologies of acute gastroenteritis. OBJECTIVES: To use antigen detection and molecular methods to determine the viral etiology of childhood diarrhea in Lanzhou, China, 2005-2007. STUDY DESIGN: 544 stool specimens were collected...
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