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- Title
Astovirus Diarrhea in Egyptian Children.
- Authors
Naficy, Abdollah B.; Rao, Malla R.; Holmes, Jennifer L.; Abu-Elyazeed, Remon; Savarino, Stephen J.; Wierzba, Thomas F.; Frenck, Robert W.; Monroe, Stephan S.; Glass, Roger I.; Clemens, John D.
- Abstract
Describes the epidemiology of astrovirus diarrhea among a population-based cohort of children residing in rural Egypt. Age-specific incidence rates of astrovirus diarrheal episodes per person-year; Similarity of the overall incidence rate of astrovirus diarrhea and with that of rotavirus diarrhea; Astrovirus infection which are pathogenic and associated with severe dehydration.
- Subjects
EGYPT; VIRAL diarrhea; JUVENILE diseases; EPIDEMIOLOGY
- Publication
Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2000, Vol 182, Issue 3, p685
- ISSN
0022-1899
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1086/315763