Trends in hospitalizations for diarrhea in United States children from 1979 through 1992: Estimates of the morbidity associated with rotavirus

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 397-404

  Jin, Shaoxiong ^a   Kilgore, Paul E ^b   Holman, Robert C ^b   Clarke, Matthew J ^b   Gangarosa, Eugene J ^a   Glass, Roger I ^a,b,c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

databases; Diarrhea; epidemiology; gastroenteritis; hospitalizations; rotavirus; rotavirus vaccines; surveillance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; DIARRHEA; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTAVIRUS; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNITED STATES; VIRUS INFECTION; WINTER;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MORBIDITY; NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS (U.S.); ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; UNITED STATES; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 0029937615     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199605000-00004     Document Type: Article

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