Conventional and molecular methods in the diagnosis of community-acquired diarrhoea in children under 5 years of age from the north-eastern region of Poland
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to determine the main causative agents of community-acquired acute diarrhoea in children using conventional methods and PCR. Methods: Stool samples were collected from 100 children under 5 years of age with acute diarrhoea during the autumn–winter period of...
Main Authors: | Krzysztof Fiedoruk, Tamara Daniluk, Dorota Rozkiewicz, Maria L. Zaremba, Elzbieta Oldak, Malgorzata Sciepuk, Katarzyna Leszczynska |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2015-08-01
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Series: | International Journal of Infectious Diseases |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971215001666 |
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