Season-related diarrhea due to rotaviruses in Belgium during the period 1981-2002;Seizoensgebonden diarree door rotavirussen in Belgie gedurende 1981-2002

Acta Clinica Belgica

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 12-18

  Van der Donck, I ^a   Van Hoovels, L ^a   De Leener, K ^a   Goegebuer, T ^a   Vanderwegen, L ^a   Frans, J ^a,b   Rahman, M ^a,c   Van Ranst, Marc ^a,d  

^a REGA INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Belgium)

^b IMELDA HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c ICDDR B Centre for Health and Population Research   (Bangladesh)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Belgium; Diarrhea; Rotavirus; Seasonality; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; DIARRHEA; GASTROENTERITIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PROGNOSIS; ROTAVIRUS; SEASONAL VARIATION; VACCINATION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

BELGIUM; DIARRHEA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SEASONS; VIRAL VACCINES;

EID: 0037237945     PISSN: 00015512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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