Key result
Echovirus 7 was detected by electron microscopy and identified via viral culture in the stool of a one-year-old child hospitalized with gastro-enteritis in Kenya.
Cross-Sectional (n=100)
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This study provides the first case report of echovirus 7 associated with gastro-enteritis detected by electron microscopy in Kenya.
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Echovirus 7 may cause gastroenteritis in Kenyan infants; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Nyangao et al. (2008) conducted a cross-sectional in gastro-enteritis (n=100). Echovirus 7 infection was evaluated on Detection of viral agents causing gastro-enteritis. Echovirus 7 was detected by electron microscopy and identified via viral culture in the stool of a one-year-old child hospitalized with gastro-enteritis in Kenya.
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