Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of acute diarrhoea in children due to human rotavirus

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1992, Pages 192-193

  Chakravarti, Anita ^a   Broor, Shobha ^b   Natarajan, R ^a   Setty, V Suman ^a   Mittal, Santosh K ^a  

^a LOK NAYAK HOSPITAL   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIARRHEA; FECES CULTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN ROTAVIRUS; INDIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0026729973     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/38.4.192     Document Type: Note

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