Prevalence of rotavirus diarrhea among out-patients and hospitalized patients: A comparison

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 494-499

  Kelkar, Shobhana D ^a   Purohit, Sudha G ^b   Boralkar, Atul N ^c   Verma, Shashi P ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUNE   (India)

^c Shreeyash Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; OUTPATIENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS; VIRUS INFECTION;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INDIA; INPATIENTS; MALE; OUTPATIENTS; PREVALENCE; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 0035469608     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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