| [viral and bacterial etiology of acute infantile gastroenteritis in kinshasa, zaire]. | | 1986 | 3566367 |
| prevalence of enteric viruses among hospital patients with aids in kinshasa, zaire. | diarrhoea is the most common manifestation of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (aids) in africa. numerous parasitic or bacterial agents have been implicated, but a pathogen-specific aetiology has not been found. enteric viruses (i.e., rotavirus, small round structured viruses, coronavirus, and adenovirus) were detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay or electron microscopy in faecal specimens of 17% of 198 consecutive adult admissions to a general medical ward of an urban hospital in kins ... | 1993 | 8236386 |
| characterization of human rotavirus recovered from children with acute diarrhea in kinshasa, democratic republic of congo. | between july and october of 2003, 2004, and 2005, outbreaks of acute gastroenteritis occurred among children <5 years of age in kinshasa, democratic republic of the congo. stool specimens (67 in 2003, 108 in 2004, and 116 in 2005) were collected and screened for rotaviruses using either latex agglutination (diarlex laa; orion diagnostics) or enzyme immunoassay (ideia; dakocytomation). the molecular characteristics of the rotavirus strains were then determined. group a rotavirus was detected in 1 ... | 2010 | 20684702 |