Journal of Clinical Virology
Volume 47, Issue 2 , Pages 107-109 , February 2010

Severe gastroenteritis with secondary fever in a 10-month-old boy

  • Stephanie Schenk

      Affiliations

    • Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Theodor-Kutzer-Ufer 1-3, 68167 Mannheim, Germany
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  • Angela Petzold

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Germany
    • ,
  • Marina Hoehne

      Affiliations

    • Robert Koch-Institute, Berlin, Germany
    • ,
  • Rüdiger Adam

      Affiliations

    • Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Theodor-Kutzer-Ufer 1-3, 68167 Mannheim, Germany
    • ,
  • Horst Schroten

      Affiliations

    • Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Theodor-Kutzer-Ufer 1-3, 68167 Mannheim, Germany
    • ,
  • Tobias Tenenbaum

      Affiliations

    • Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Theodor-Kutzer-Ufer 1-3, 68167 Mannheim, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +49 0621 383 2324; fax: +49 0621 383 3818.

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PII: S1386-6532(09)00479-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jcv.2009.09.031

Journal of Clinical Virology
Volume 47, Issue 2 , Pages 107-109 , February 2010

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