Human reovirus-like agent infection. Occurrence in adult contacts of pediatric patients with gastroenteritis
- 1 August 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. 238 (5) , 404-407
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.238.5.404
Abstract
Sixty-four adult family contacts of 61 young patients with gastroenteritis were included in a study for evidence of concurrent infection with the human reovirus-like agent (HRVLA) of infantile diarrhea. Evidence of infection was detected in 26 (41%) of the adult contacts. The HRVLA infection occurred significantly more often among adult contacts of pediatric patients infected with HRVLA (55%) than among contacts of young patients not infected with the agent (17%). Mild cases of gastroenteritis developed in only 3 of the contacts infected with HRVLA.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
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- Diarrhea in gnotobiotic calves caused by the reovirus-like agent of human infantile gastroenteritisInfection and Immunity, 1976