The epidemiology of acute viral gastroenteritis in hospitalized children in Cordoba City, Argentina: An insight of disease burden

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 193-197

  Giordano, Miguel O ^a   Ferreyra, Leonardo J ^a   Isa, María B ^a   Martinez, Laura C ^a   Yudowsky, Silvia I ^b   Nates, Silvia V ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS   (Argentina)

^b Hospital Infantil Municipal de Cordoba   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Astrovirus; Children inpatients; Enteric adenovirus; Rotavirus; Viral diarrhea

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANTILE DIARRHEA; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEASON; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADENOVIRUS INFECTIONS, HUMAN; ARGENTINA; ASTROVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INFANT; MALE; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SEASONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0035405274     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652001000400003     Document Type: Article

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